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UK
/stˌɜːnjuːtˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
How To Use sternutation In A Sentence
- With some, the sense of smelling is so dull, as not to distinguish hyacinths from assafoetida; they would even pass the Small-Pox Hospital, and Maiden-lane, without noticing the knackers; whilst others, detecting instantly the slightest particle of offensive matter, hurry past the apothecaries, and get into an agony of sternutation, at fifty yards from Fribourg's. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829
- According to mythology, the first sign of life Prometheus's artificial man gave was by sternutation.
- And all three forget their sectional differences in a delightful concert of sternutation.
- Being unable to contain her excitement at the prospect of being walked, the dog suffers fits of sternutation whenever she sees her leash.
