What is "nostrils"

Usage examples of "nostrils".

But though the green palmy cliffs of the land soon loomed on the starboard bow, and with delighted nostrils the fresh cinnamon was snuffed in the air, yet not a single jet was descried.

Something shot from my dilated nostrils, he has inhaled it in his lungs.

Assume it, and it follows that if all the blood in a man could be aerated with one breath, he might then seal up his nostrils and not fetch another for a considerable time.

A smell rolled down the hill to his nostrils, a thick decayed smell of carrion left to ripen.

The smell of blood hung thick in his nostrils, and the proximity of his human companions was smothering his senses.

It tossed its fine head and pranced sideways, its delicate nostrils snorting white plumes in the frosty air.

The night was too raw for traveling, but even as he caught himself longing to be safe indoors by a warm fire, the wind shifted and his nostrils caught a stink of something rotten.

Pushing apart their intertwined branches, the smell damp crimson and orange-gold leaves thick in his nostrils he splashed through a trickle of ankle-deep water and ran along the course to throw the dogs off his scent.

Dwarf scent came to his nostrils, and he felt the hair on his neck lift.

He dropped the reins as commanded, and at once the brawny charger blew through its nostrils and wheeled around to meet the oncoming dwarves.

His nostrils quivered, and she could feel the pressure of the power he summoned.

Nonkind, a taint that burned her nostrils and made her want to retreat.

Its nostrils blew flame, and next to it ran a hurlhound with fangs bared and dripping yellow poison.

Wrinkling his nostrils, he lifted his hand to his face and tried to breathe through his mouth.

Dain crouched low, holding the nostrils of the mule and using his mind to control its panic.