It vas goot, ja," murmured Jan Steenbock to himself, wiping his watering mouth with the back of his jacket sleeve and sniffing up a prolonged sniff of the odorous stew.
From the place where Pan Michael stood, at the head of Motovidlo's men, the uncertain and hesitating movements of the chambul could be seen perfectly, and were just like the movements of wild beasts sniffing danger.
Going into the water or onto the ice he snorted, put forward his ears, sometimes resisted, but when urged went warily, putting foot before foot slowly, and sniffing with distended nostrils.
One night, as Fritz was lying with one eye open, he observed Mary's little black terrier suddenly prick up the fragments of its ears, and begin sniffing at the edge of the tent.
The dog ran across the road, sniffing a new chipmunk trail, and halted, in sudden apprehension, not five feet from the hidden wolf.
Detecting no hostile presence, he bent his attention to the strange trail, sniffing at it with minute consideration.
Prowling from side to side, and sniffing and peering, he presently found something that he was not looking for.
His sharp little nose went poking in every direction, sniffing the strange new smells, till he would get bewildered, and forget which foot to put forward first.
Here he stood, sniffing the still air with discrimination, testing with initiated ears every faint forest breathing.
Prowling hither and thither among the great ragged trunks, peering and sniffing and listening, the bear suddenly caught the sound of small claws on wood.
For two hideous moonlit hours they prowled and howled about the door, sniffing at the sill, and grinning in through the low window; and when the sound of bells came near they withdrew sullenly, half-minded to attack the man and horse.
The beaters drew in: the elephants, raising their trunks in air and sniffing suspicion, moved slowly inward.
Henry was quite the hero of the moment, despite the sniffing disapproval of Miffin.
The Mahanaddy had just turned her blunt prow out westward from the harbour of Port Said, sniffing her native north wind, with a gentle rising movement to that old Mediterranean eastward-tending swell.
This point Sister Cecilia scented with the instinct of the terrier, so keen was her nose in the sniffing of other people's business.
Nor," after sniffing the air repeatedly, "do I notice anything of the odour which you speak.
He returned to the edge of the pool, and began sniffing his way down-stream, pausing every two or three minutes to listen.
Back in the cabin Peter was sniffing at the crack under Nada's door, and listening to her movement.
Father John had noted Peter's vigilance, the cautious expectancy with which he was always sniffing the air, and the keen alertness of his eyes and ears.
Peter was sniffing at the loosely blocked door of their snow-room.
You know part of the road runs through the park, and I saw Lady Beatrice's equestrian cook out for an airing on a brown cob, with a couple of Gordon setters sniffing its hoofs.
I am sure it was in my hand when we left Braxome, for I remember sniffing "parfum d'Arabie" in the carriage.
For a minute they watched the animal, who was quietly sniffing the ground near a small opening of the mountain.
When the last bit of meat had disappeared, Blake raked the eggs from the ashes, and began to crack them, solemnly sniffingat each before he laid it on its leaf platter.
At last stealthy footsteps sounded on the outer side of the thorn wall, and an animal began to creep through the wall, sniffing for the bait.
It smells awful good," asked Hilda, sniffing at the steam that rose from the pot Elizabeth was using for her brew.
Left alone, the children walked about enjoying the novel sights, until one of the boys saw a djo'lgi sniffing about.
Elena, sniffing the odour that rose from the pan of candy.
Her eyes wander around the room as if she were looking for somebody or sniffing something.
Sniffing and taking notes] I think of nothing but myself-- I am a dreadful egoist.
The girls went about sniffing joyously, carrying in their arms all sorts of mysterious objects made of bright paper.
He had a thin, leathery face with an exaggerated nose, stretched out as though from sniffing for curios in dusty dim corners.
Babiche trotted at her heels, sniffing at all the new odors about her.
That inquisitive one was exploring, sniffing cautiously as she approached the invalid's bed but a second later she was trotting hastily back to her mistress.
I was still sniffing at my buttonhole when I reached the second niche.
After a longer interval of silence than usual Felicia became aware that Babiche was sniffing excitably.
Next came a moth, and after the moth a golden fly, and three gnats, and a mouse ran along the dry ground with a curious sniffing rustle close to Guido.
I mean only this; that, put up where I tell you, sniffing the good smell of stoups and flagons, and hearing jolly talk, he will grow altogether frolicsome and happy.
I'm sure I can now," went on Helen, sniffing intently.
I'm sure I smell smoke now," said Helen, sniffing intently.
I hope so," muttered the Jones boy, sniffing the air suspiciously when poor Bumpus happened to move to windward of him; but the usually good-natured fat boy pretended not to notice the slur.
It'll seem like another world, now that we won't have to keep sniffing around all the time.
Well, I should say it was bad," the fat boy remarked, as he held it close, and keptsniffing away vigorously.
Why, even the hounds stopped yelping, and seemed as though they might be standing there, sniffing the air in their endeavor to locate the one who had shouted.
On deck, where Borckman kept a sharp eye out against danger, Jerry prowled about, sniffing the many legs of the many blacks he had never encountered before.
Jerry peered through the barbed wire, sniffing the air, Skipper beside him and giving orders to the mate and helmsman.
His heart was wild with desire to serve, and, without clear purpose, he began sniffing legs of black boys.
He leaped away, sniffing in likely places where experience had taught him cockroaches and rats might be.
Here it paused abruptly, and began sniffing the air, then it ran back to the fire, picked up the scent again, and stopped once more at the edge of the stream.
Instantly the hound began sniffing round about the embers of the fire, till picking up the newly-placed scent, it suddenly gave vent to a peculiar howl, and then dashed directly towards the stream.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sniffing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: effervescent; hissing; sizzling; snoring; wheezing
