snifflings

Hillary's "misty dread" moment may have seemed contemptibly manipulative to me, like the wounded snifflings of a teacher's pet who didn't get the blue spelling bee ribbon, but it resonated with enough voters to help her win the state of New Hampshire.

Nick Antosca: Primary Voters--Will You Endorse Hillary, the Cold Toad of American Politics? 2008

If it had not been for Gothard's convulsive snifflings those present could have heard the flies fly.

An Historical Mystery Honor�� de Balzac 1824