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"sniff at" Definitions
  1. to show no interest in or respect for something

62 Sentences With "sniff at"

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Obviously that's much smaller, but still nothing to sniff at.
His regular compensation package was nothing to sniff at either.
Spending $10 billion a year on content is nothing to sniff at.
Still, 50% off of Tommy Hilfiger clothing was nothing to sniff at.
The testing rats sniff at least ten sets of ten samples every weekday.
Either way is delicious and the umami fries are nothing to sniff at either.
World Bank staffers sniff at the project, which they have nicknamed the Ivanka Fund.
Don't get me wrong; a filmography of 70 enviable roles is nothing to sniff at.
Yes, Apple Music's current $3.2 billion-a-year run rate is nothing to sniff at.
Snobs may sniff at it, but few drinks have so completely benefited from the current cocktail revival.
Today's Parity postmortem pegs that number at closer to $150 million, which is still nothing to sniff at.
The holidays inspect and cautiously sniff at us as if we're old Tupperware contents from the back of the fridge.
The dog left her crate to come sniff at me, curious about the way I'd joined her on the floor.
The US West Coast, central Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia are the most intriguing regions: That said, geothermal's nothing to sniff at, either.
The RadWagon isn't the most powerful e-bike on the market, but the 750W direct drive hub motor isn't anything to sniff at.
A moratorium on 99% of deportations is nothing to sniff at, and I think the undocumented community would be very proud of that.
No one is getting rich (though even split 10 ways, $33,000 a month is nothing to sniff at), and no one is getting hurt.
Bonnaroo's undercard is nothing to sniff at, either—Solange, Kacey Musgraves, BROCKHAMPTON, Cardi B, Courtney Barnett and Brandi Carlile all make appearances across the lineup.
Other than overpaying mediocre players and giving them "vacations" (hi Aaron Ross!), old rebuilding Jags teams wouldn't get a sniff at players like Randall Cobb.
A six-figure salary is nothing to sniff at of course, but how far that goes for anyone depends on their lifestyles and where they live.
And not only are his total earnings of $2.4 million nothing to sniff at, but he also boosted Jeopardy's to its best ratings in 14 years.
Some purists sniff at Khan's credentials, noting his lack of formal study, as well as his focus on the Qur'an to the exclusion of other important texts.
Students who leave after completing four semesters at a four-year university should qualify for an associate's degree, even if the universities sniff at giving them out.
We are doubtless being invited to side with such homely virtues, and to sniff at what Dick refers to as the "crass commercialism" of the Krocist ideology.
That buys a 260-to-2570 time of 21 seconds plus the Maranello image and mystique (though hard-core collectors might sniff at the entry-level status).
Whether you love Mustaine's voice or wish he'd swallow glass, his guitar work here is pretty hard to sniff at—the solos in particular  are pure 80s gold.
The power to fill vacancies on the court (which the White House shares with the Senate) is nothing to sniff at, and justices are among presidents' most lasting legacies.
Nothing to sniff at in a world of slowing growth—though the uncertainties involved in forecasting over such long periods mean such estimates should be treated with extreme caution.
The defending duo of co-captain Becky Sauerbrunn and Julie Johnston are so hard to beat that many U.S. opponents leave the field without getting more than a sniff at goal.
The offshore wind industry still only accounts for 1.5 percent of the EU's electricity production, but with three thousand turbines producing 41 terawatt-hours of energy last year, it's nothing to sniff at.
The market caps of Telaria ($451.4 million), Rubicon Project ($508.7 million) and The Trade Desk ($9.8 billion) are nothing to sniff at, but are tiny in comparison with Google's $854.1 billion market cap.
I never date people I work with, and barely sniff at people in my own industry, as they can work in a different city one day and then be one desk over the next.
Those numbers are easy to sniff at, but I feel compelled to point out that John Edwards (admittedly, a vastly different kind of Democrat) was at 19363 percent in Iowa in early December 2003.
Certainly nobody working in television would sniff at an Emmy if they won one, but it's pretty rare for the Emmys to provide a series with a massive ratings boost in the modern era.
The amount of funds in ether and tokens in the White Hat Group's account has only gone up over the past week—$200 million is nothing to sniff at, and people want their virtual money back.
But I'm always surprised when people sniff at me, and have a problem with that, because I don't understand what is so contentious about saying: treat people nicely, give them freedom, let them be passionately invested.
Setting the cost of entry so high favours the big political parties, backed by unions and industry lobbies, complains Akira Miyabe of Greens Japan, and helps ensure that parties like his don't get a sniff at office.
Federer even had two championship points to win the fifth set 9-7, and the trophy that would go with it, but he capitulated, chucking away the points and letting Djokovic get another sniff at the title.
Portraiture is considered to be a bit of an old-fashioned backwater in the larger art world, so there will be people who sniff at the whole idea of making a traditional likeness of an important woman.
The difference between a "third-world war" and a "third world war" is nothing to sniff at, and those selling a car might get rather more interest in the sale if they remember the hyphen in "a little-used car".
That's not definitive proof that The New Day beat Demolition's record because of the trial, but it's pretty compelling when paired with the fact that the latter had Hall-of-Fame careers yet still haven't gotten a sniff at it.
The screen alerted them to which jar sniff at any given time, and they then rated the intensity of each on a scale from 1 (extremely weak) to 7 (extremely strong) and pleasantness from 1 (extremely unpleasant) to 7 (extremely pleasant).
It sold 47,000 copies last week, up 137 percent from the week before — nothing to sniff at, but leagues away from her post-Grammys bump in 2012, when Adele's "21" sold a whopping 730,000 copies after sweeping the same prizes.
Yes, you could sniff at the likes of DJ Sneak, or a silent disco blaring brass band covers of Avicii songs, but you'd be pissing in the wind mate; shouting in vain at a very loud speaker system playing Mr Scruff songs.
Trump's approval rating is not at impeachment levels That 43% support for Trump being impeached is nothing to sniff at -- it's on par with the 43% who said Richard Nixon should be impeached in March of 1974, not long before he resigned to avoid impeachment.
General interest writers who sniff at the retrograde nature of professional football and its culture are all too content to trade on its popularity rather than ignore it altogether; ignoring it might be the more ethical choice, but people care about it, and clicks are for the getting.
If memoir is, according to serial memoirist Mark Twain's friend and adviser, William Dean Howells, "the most democratic province of the republic of letters," then it makes a certain kind of sense that critics and cognoscenti often sniff at writers who repeatedly offer up literature's answer to fried dough.
Compiling a solid record of 5-2 in his ongoing UFC run, Latifi has quietly compiled a string of notable victories in the Octagon with finishes to boot, barring Saturday night's performance against a step up in competition—while his two losses to top level European fighters in Gegard Mousasi and Jan Blachowicz are nothing to sniff at.
A sniff at the acrid, dust-laden air of Kathmandu (with a whiff of untreated sewage from the mountain streams that converge in its centre), or a glance at traffic gnarled in a moonscape of potholes, or a tally of citizens still living in temporary shelters more than two years after the earthquake in 2015 that killed nearly 9,000 people, all substantiate an impression of strikingly inept government.
When the fruit bats are in flight, they remain together in long processions. The leaders often change, yet they retain the same direction of flight. (Mickleburgh) They frequently sniff at each other's scent glands to establish personal recognition. Which represents high levels of social organization.
Oral argument was heard on October 31, 2012. This case was heard on the same day as that of another dog sniff case, Florida v. Jardines. That case addresses whether a dog sniff at the front door of a house is a Fourth Amendment search requiring probable cause and a search warrant, or whether it is an acceptable minimally invasive warrantless search.
The film was first run at the Atlantic Film Festival on September 19, 2003. The film was re-released on November 7 of that year.Rita Zekas, "Warning Powdered coffee creamer is nothing to sniff at," Toronto Star, October 24, 2003, pg. D.06. On January 24, 2004, it played in Oxford Cinema in Halifax, which the press claimed marked the first time the film would be screened where it had been shot.
On 27 March, David Corbett and his dog Pickles were walking in the Beulah Hill district of southeast London, when Pickles begun to sniff at a parcel that was lying under the hedge of Corbett's house. It was wrapped in an old newspaper, tied with string. When he opened the parcel, he recognized the trophy when he noticed the winner's names on the bottom. He handed the parcel to the police at Gipsy Hill police station.
Ellis follows Bullet back the way they came only to find that the river they crossed is now dried up. While walking across the river, Bullet begins to sniff at an old soldier's helmet. Ellis begins examining it and is told to run. While running, Ellis hears gunshots and dogs barking and sees flashes of light are coming from all around them until they come to a very large tree with an opening in the trunk.
Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media program, 8 November 2005, used the phrase in reference to changing practices in the media, especially Wikipedia, "The people in the encyclopedia business, I understand, tend to sniff at the wiki process as being the product of the mere hoi polloi." In "Sunk Costs" (season 3 episode 3) of Better Call Saul, Jimmy has been arrested and the DDA (Oakley) teases him "getting fingerprinted with the hoi polloi".
Controversies include the behavior of some animals, harm to other people, the problem of widespread fraud, and the scientific inquiry about the benefit of emotional support animals. Emotional support animals may behave differently to trained assistance animals. For instance, due to the lack of training, an emotional support animal may bark or sniff at other people, whereas service dogs are trained not to do so. People with unique disabilities (invisible disability), such as allergy to animal dander, have suffered from allergic attacks triggered by emotional support animals.
" Ross added, "Jackson's trailblazing talent – she still dances circles around Beyoncé and Britney – deserves to be celebrated in its own right." In a review for Sydney's Everguide, Ross praised the show as "one of the best pop performances I’ve ever seen", commending its "substance and stripped-back style." Jackson was noted to abandon her sex-driven image, performing with "agy-defying ease and energy." Jackson's voice was heralded as "nothing to sniff at – that pristine, unmistakable Jackson coo never faltered as she tore through hit after hit.
Smith converted and Storm lead 18-0. Just before the half time siren, Feldt had set off on a long run after fielding a Cooper Cronk kick. The Melbourne chase reflected the sheer determination of the Storm players. SECOND HALF: After just one penalty in the opening half, the Storm conceded three in a row early in the second. It gave the Cowboys a rare sniff at the Melbourne try line and in the 47th minute, Te Maire Martin finally broke through the Storm’s defence to score.
In this study, Welker used video recordings of rats during presentation with odors and other stimuli to explore the chest movements as an index of sniffing. This was the first paper to report that rats can sniff at frequencies reaching 12 Hz upon detection of odors and during free exploration. This paper also provided early evidence that the rhythm of sniffing was coupled with other sensory behaviors, such as whisking, or the movement of the whiskers. While behavioral and psycho-physical studies into sniffing and its influence on odor perception began to surface, much less work was being performed to explore the influence of sniffing behaviors on the physiological processing of odors within the brain.
In 1996, the club renamed to Wollongong Wolves. In the 1999–2000 season the team finished the league in second position and after winning their semi-final match 2–1 against Carlton, Wolves were matched-up against Perth Glory in the 2000 NSL Grand Final. The grand final match went down as one of the best comebacks ever seen in Australian football. At half time Perth Glory were leading 3–0, but at 56 minutes the Wolves found a goal through Scott Chipperfield to make it 3–1. Matt Horsley gave the Wolves a sniff at a comeback when he put the ball in the back of the net in the 69th minute, but it wasn't until Paul Reid pulled the game right back when his strike in the 89th minute made the score line 3–3.
Evening Standard: Londoners Invent Willy Wonka Gum that Changes Flavour as You Chew In July 2011, Bompas & Parr designed a public art installation on the roof terrace of Selfridges, Oxford Street, for a promotional event. The first time that the roof had been opened to the public since World War II, the company designed a rowing lake, which was dyed green. As part of the nationwide activity marking the London 2012 Open Weekend Bompas & Parr created scratch and sniff cards to accompany a one-off scratch and sniff screening of Bill Forsyth's film Gregory's Girl in Edinburgh's Festival Square on Sunday 26 July 2009. This is thought to be the first outdoor scratch and sniff experience anywhere in the UK. An enigmatic penguin (familiar to devotees of the film) appeared amongst the crowd holding up a placard instructing the audience to scratch and sniff at the right moment.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Raqibul Hasan staged a recovery then, and at 147/4 in the 34th over, Bangladesh looked well set for a score above 250 until Mushfiqur top-edged a sweep of George Dockrell. This triggered another collapse, and only a late cameo from Naeem Islam took Bangladesh to 205. Ireland started off solidly in their reply, but then the Bangladesh spinners led by Shakib and Mohammad Ashraful took wickets at regular intervals. The match was evenly poised with Ireland 93/4 after 25 overs. Niall O'Brien was the key to the chase but with the score at 110, he was dismissed after a brilliant catch by Tamim Iqbal. Kevin O'Brien continued to fight, taking Ireland above 150 and giving them another sniff at victory till he holed out to deep square-leg off Shafiul Islam. A pumped-up Shafiul then ran through the tail, and Ireland were all out for 178, falling 27 runs short. Shafiul Islam recorded the best figures for a Bangladeshi bowler in World Cup matches, with 4/21. \---- England batted first with Jonathan Trott top-scoring, with 92 from 92 balls. During his innings, Trott reached 1,000 runs in ODI cricket, from just 21 innings, equalling the record set by Vivian Richards and team-mate Kevin Pietersen.

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