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How can you use “sniff” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

2 . A few sniff at the new production: "The difference between Fantasia and Fantasia/2000 is the difference between a dialogue with Jack Paar and a brisk 'interview' with David Letterman, between reading a book and answering questions posed by a CD-ROM" (Joseph Horowitz, the New York Times ). (Click here to visit the official site.)
"Few realize that just one sniff can cause death," asserts the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
My scientific interest in wine description grew out of watching people, mostly men, hold a glass of wine up to a candle, swish it around, sniff it, taste it, and utter some wonderfully poetic-sounding remark, such as, “The burnt fruity nose a bit overpowers the buttery lushness of the finish.”
"From the first sniff, one is impressed by the precise, deep but never bombastic aromas in which green apple and crenshaw melon scents [ sic ] and by a creamy, vanillin accent of oak, and it is wonderfully balanced on the palate with ripe richness set off by firming acids and brightness."
Or, as Susan Wloszczyna advises in USA Today , "Handle West like an old boot: Sniff at your own peril."