"sniff" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sniff verbo

sniff + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 8
sniff the air • sniff glue • sniff noses • sniff cocaine • sniff distance • ...
verbo + sniff
Kolokacji: 5
come sniffing • start sniffing • begin sniffing • stop sniffing • keep sniffing
sniff + preposición
Kolokacji: 15
sniff out • sniff at • sniff around • sniff for • sniff in • ...
sniff + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 27
sniff loudly • sniff suspiciously • sniff disdainfully • sniff cautiously • sniff deeply • ...
(1) loudly, audibly, noisily
Kolokacji: 3
(2) suspiciously, warily
Kolokacji: 2
1. sniff disdainfully = obwąchaj pogardliwie sniff disdainfully
  • Aket-ten sniffed disdainfully at him; this was apparently a joke of long standing between them.
  • He certainly would have tried it, he thought, and sniffed disdainfully.
  • She sniffed disdainfully, and despite her own tension, Metcalf grinned.
  • She sniffed disdainfully, as her father winced at the mention of the Little People.
  • He looked up as Rory came in, sniffing disdainfully at the air in the room.
  • "Good grief, shouldn't think a blaggard like you ever had a mother," Basil sniffed disdainfully.
  • Then I sniffed disdainfully at that image of him.
  • They could even think, after a rudimentary fashion," she said, and sniffed disdainfully.
  • When they had gone, Lior came over to the bed to sniff disdainfully at the bowl of blood still set on the table beside it.
  • The cook sniffed disdainfully on his way past.
2. sniff haughtily = obwąchaj wyniośle sniff haughtily
3. sniff scornfully = obwąchaj pogardliwie sniff scornfully
(4) cautiously, carefully
Kolokacji: 2
(6) hard, gently
Kolokacji: 2

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