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sniff out

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  1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
    He can smell out trouble

How To Use sniff out In A Sentence

  • Here you can still buy a deerstalker hat, be fitted for a pinstripe blazer, slip on some sensible footwear, sniff out some musky cologne or get your balding locks tended by a traditional wet-shave barber.
  • A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
  • Before I am struck dumb by incredulity, you might like to know that this test was carried out in the name of research into the theory that women sniff out ideal mates.
  • Slime-filled canals in the creatures 'heads - known as the "ampullae of Lorenzini" - let them sniff out the electric field of bottom-feeding flatfish concealed in mud or sand, leading to a tasty treat for the prowling elasmobranch. The Register
  • She brings me my glasses from downstairs and she can sniff out a chipmonk from inside the house to outside. 'Greatest American Dog' recap: Dancing With the Dogs | EW.com
  • A customs officer came round with a dog to sniff out drugs.
  • Researchers at Los Alamos are also training bees to sniff out drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine.
  • The purpose of chaperones is to keep your ear to the ground and sniff out issues. Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Monsters | Her Bad Mother
  • Some reports say there are dogs which can sniff out cancers. The Sun
  • The dog was in training to sniff out illegal drugs. Times, Sunday Times
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