The usual approach to this theatre was the kitchen door, and those who came to enjoy the drama sniffed at their very entrance the new-baked bread.

But Mrs. Sydney Bamborough did not know Lady Mealhead, which may have accounted for the titled woman's little sniff of interrogation.

A whine rose in his throat, and suddenly he raised his head and sniffed in the face of the wind.

" The lady sniffed with indignation.

Then he began to sniff about the log walls.

And as yet there is no comforting sniff from the kitchen.

The brute had picked up my scent near the door by which I had entered, and they moved slowly nearer to me sniffing along the floor, and uttering every now and then their fearful cry.

Every nose was sniffing for the smell of powder.

In a hollow among the woods we came to a place which sent him on his knees, peering and sniffing like a wild-cat.

For, strange as it may seem, the soldier in East Africa was more concerned about his food and clothing, the tea he thirsted for, the blisters that tormented his weary feet, the equipment that was so heavy, the sleep that drugged his footsteps on the march, the lion that sniffed around his drowsy head at night, than about the actual fighting.

First a grimy little hand came on her shoulder, as she sat sniffing behind the handkerchief; then, peeping out, she saw an apple-cheeked face very near her own, with eyes full of pity, penitence, and affection; and then she heard a choky little voice say earnestly, "Don't cry, aunty; I'm sorry I was rude.

With a supreme effort he brought himself to his feet, once more sniffed into the north, the east, and the west, then turned and buried himself in the black and frozen wilderness of tamarack.

I went and sniffed under the door.

So far as I could see, his attention appeared to have been taken, chiefly, with scratching and sniffing among the grass at the edge of the Pit.

I woke last night to hear something sniffing outside the tent.

Now and then Thor would stop and sniff over the edge of them.

The face was covered with the beard which was tangled too, and grew down to his waist, After staring at Martin for some time with his big, yellow, goat-like eyes, he pranced up to him and began to sniff round him, then touched him with his nose on his face, arms, and shoulders.

The mouth is placed close to the object and a deep breath taken, often without actually touching the object, being more of a sniff than a kiss.

The animal lifted his head still higher to the sky, sniffed to the east, to the west, and back to the shadows of the tamaracks.

A buck flung up his head and sniffed toward the hidden danger.

The pattering came straight towards the room that I was in, then I heard the sniffing of expectant nostrils; perhaps 'uneasy' was not the most suitable word to describe my feelings then.

The picture of the barn yard is very true to life in all ages, especially the touch of the hungry pigs sniffing after the pail of the farmer's wife: "Vagatur omnis turba sordidae cortis Argutus anser, gemmeique pavones Nomenque debet quae rubentibus pennis, Et picta perdix, Numidicaeque guttatae Et impiorum phasiana Colchorum.

I must leave you to sniff without my help, like bloodhounds, along the trail of the elusive Jay.

It was all lost upon Ida, whose head was in the clouds, whose mind was dwelling on the past; but his mother and sister noticed it, and Mrs. Heron began to sniff by way of disapproval of his conduct.