sniffed at

or cut off the flowers of wormwood growing in the rut, and crushing them in his hands, sniffed at the bitter-sweet, pungent odour.

The bear came up and sniffed at the man's head. It put its nose close to his mouth and ears.

And, as it found two years ago, when CNOOC's bid for Unocal was blocked by the US government, having one's money sniffed at is no fun.

That is not to be sniffed at, but it does not solve the problem of creating enough decent jobs in the long term.

He lifted a lock of my hair and sniffed at it delicately.

His goal return of 15 goals in just 27 starts is certainly not one to be sniffed at and is likely to improve on this.

My roommate sniffed at my idea of becoming an artist.

That kind of traffic is not to be sniffed at. The problem is that Yahoo! has not monetised it effectively.

That kind of traffic is not to be sniffed at.

sniffed at my idea of becoming a doctor.

vi. His generous offer is not to be sniffed at.

In a murky global environment, 9. 1 per cent is not to be sniffed at.

Device makers previously sniffed at the notion that smartphones or tablets posed a threat.

In an era of global warming, that is not to be sniffed at.

He sniffed at my idea.

The critics sniffed at the adaptation of the novel to film.

The DOG sniffed at the dead body and trotted off, following the scent track.

Remember: People sniffed at Google because they thought AltaVista and Infoseek had already "solved" search.

The dog sniffed at the dead body and trotted off, following the scent.

Sniffed AT the jar to see whAT it held.

Magister Illyrio twisted open a pot of garlic snails, sniffed at them, and smiled.

At first he sniffed at her foreign ways.

Such good chance shouldn't be sniffed at.