What is "sniffling"

Usage examples of "sniffling".

Jedi said with a wide grin and a sniffle - and he always seemed to be sniffling, and his hair always looked as if he had just walked in from a Tatooine sandstorm.

I smiled nervously again and released her hands, and she watched me again before turning away slightly and sniffling a little.

Beside Jeska, Nurse was sniffling, since this ceremony marked the end of her employment.

This was where the sniffling and moaning came from, and it smelled as if someone had been sick very thoroughly there, and for a long time.

For a while she held me, rocking to and fro, not letting go of me for a long time until she fell back listlessly, sniffling, and put a kleenex to her eyes and nose.

I stroked her back softly and held her, one hand cradling the back of her neck and pressing her tear-wet face into me, and she cried for a little while and then she began to relax, sniffling noisily at first.