
Snuffle
Health-related
Use 'snuffle' to describe noisy breathing due to health issues like a cold.
After catching a cold, she could only snuffle helplessly.
Emotional distress
Snuffle can convey that someone is on the verge of crying.
He tried to speak but his words were interrupted by snuffles.
Not for objects
Don't use 'snuffle' for objects; it's for people or animals only.
Correct: The sick puppy snuffled. Incorrect: The whistle snuffled.