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nostrils

noun as in nose

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Example Sentences

His most recommended plant was tree ivy—its juices sprayed up the nostrils.

The smell of blood was heavy in her nostrils… or was that her nightmare, lingering?

My nostrils have smelt the horrors of the (cloth) diaper pail.

All we need to stay on point is skin, nostrils, lungs, heart, and a few blood vessels.

But nevertheless, parents should be inspecting the nostrils of their young ones, searching for sugar residue and burrowing larvae.

Smoking was called drinking tobacco, as the fashionable method was to "put it through the nose" or exhale it through the nostrils.

Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.

His nose was so flat one would hardly have noticed there was a nose at all, except for the wideness of the nostrils.

Her expression was still petrified, except that she might have had the scent of blood in her slightly dilating nostrils.

"No," said the Bull over his shoulder as he lifted his hind legs from the clinging mud and cleared his nostrils.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nostrils, such as: beak, snout, adenoids, bill, horn, and muzzle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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