"You're just being contrary," she said, sniffing slightly.

I was just beginning to think," said Bear, sniffing slightly, "that Rabbit might never be able to use his front door again.

"She hasn't much to say for herself," said Red's mother, sniffing slightly.

She was sniffing slightly, but otherwise was not giving any indication of the flu which had hammered her earlier.

She sniffed slightly in a pretense of hurt, and said, "You do not wish to hold my hand?"

The girl was sniffing slightly as she wrote down the required instructions on a sick-report form.

No light at all . . . Suddenly, Morse found himself sniffing slightly.

An American journalist based in Paris sniffed slightly and gave a good imitation of the classic Gallic shrug.

Bobbie Ray Jefferson walked along the line of young humanoids, sniffing slightly as he eyed each one.

I sniffed slightly over the shattered saltshaker I found in the kitchen and put away my jacket.