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• A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.From the entry waft
• "Pee-yew, you stink!" said Judy, plugging her nostrils.From the entry pee-yew
• The cere is the fleshy spot just above the beak where the nostrils, or nares, are located.[2021, Nikki Moustaki, Parrots For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 182. From the entry cere
• You open the salon door and the acetone from yesterday’s manicures immediately stings my nostrils.2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 81. From the entry acetone
• His specialty, however, is the human blockhead act, hammering six-inch nails up his nostrils.2014, Louis J. Parascandola, John Parascandola -, A Coney Island Reader: Through Dizzy Gates of Illusion, →ISBN, page 306. From the entry blockhead
• It takes practice to flare and unflare the old nostrils without changing your expression.2013, Lynn Brunelle, Mama's Little Book of Tricks, page 105. From the entry unflare
• The glass was close enough that the alcohol fumes knifed up her nostrils.2012, Kathleen O'Brien, For The Love Of Family. From the entry knife up
• He inhaled through his nose, the nostrils flaring as he studied Vaughn.2011, George Harmon Coxe, Never Bet Your Life. From the entry want to bet
• Anything went in that competition - fingers ripping your nostrils, being spat at.2010, John Elias, Josh Massoud, Sin Bin: The Untold Story of a True Footy Bad Boy, page 82. From the entry squirrel grip
• Slit nostrils and gouged eyes ensured that Apius's exiled sister-sons need not be considered by the Senators.2010, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium. From the entry sisterson
• The accursed odor of fresh baking wafts into your newfound nostrils.2009 April 18, Andrew Hussie, Homestuck, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021. From the entry connivings
• At the word "treats," Jelly Bean jerked up her head and a sub-woofer wuffle fluttered her nostrils.2009, Anne Louise MacDonald, Seeing Red, Kids Can Press, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry wuffle
• A single piece of jewelry, most often a barbell, passes horizontally through each nostril and the septum.2008 September 30, Victoria Pitts-Taylor, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body: [2 volumes], Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 370. From the entry nasallang
• Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 236. From the entry condottiere
• One can observe mucus dripping from the nostrils of stallions after they flehmen.1994, Lee Boyd, Katherine Albro Houpt, Przewalski's Horse: The History and Biology of an Endangered Species, page 246. From the entry flehmen
• The mystacial pads are large and fleshy, extending beyond the nostrils.1993, Thomas A. Jefferson, Stephen Leatherwood, Marc A. Webber, Marine Mammals of the World, →ISBN, page 282. From the entry mystacial
• He scraped up a fingernailful and, holding it to a nostril, slowly inhaled it.1987, William Diehl, Thai horse, page 307. From the entry fingernailful
• The black horse paced slowly out into the open, neck arched, nostrils aflare, eyes rolling.1983, Ahdaf Soueif, Aisha, London: Black Swan, published 1985, page 163. From the entry aflare
• His nostrils flared ominously and his fists opened and closed at his sides.1983, Patricia Hagan, Golden Roses. From the entry ominously
• With nostrils and legs akimbo, she towered over him like some human Yggdrasill, blotting out the sun.1963, Spike Milligan, chapter 1, in Puckoon, page 1. From the entry Yggdrasil
• He looked all Negro to me: he was rich chocolate with flaring nostrils and beautiful teeth.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry chocolate
• Her breaths were coming in a happy storm, her face crimsoning, her nostrils playing in trembling dilation.1912, Frederick Palmer, Over the Pass. From the entry crimsoning
• The very scent of the carrion—faugh—reached my nostrils at the distance where we stood.1900 Mary Harriott Norris (editor), 1823 Walter Scott (author), Quentin Durward, American Book Company, page 24. From the entry faugh
• I spray DEET on myself so profusely I can taste the chemicals on my tongue through my nostrils.2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times. From the entry deet
• Eating that first plate of North Carolina barbecue, I remember the aroma of apple-cider vinegar in my nostrils as I chewed.2022 October 9, Andrew Ross, “Dine out Maine: North Carolina barbecue? If it’s Wilson County’s, bring it on!”, in Maine Sunday Telegram…. From the entry apple-cider vinegar
• If one of her chickens got the snuffles one day, rubbing asafetida in butter on their nostrils would set them straight.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 220. From the entry asafetida
• But no amount of concealer was going to hide the tattoos covering his entire face, or reconstruct the Voldemortish nostrils.2013, Allison Leotta, chapter 49, in Speak of the Devil, New York: Pocket Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 351. From the entry Voldemortish
• That is, if you don’t have nostrils.2013, The Moving Finger Writes : SSWC anthology : September 2013, CreateSpace, page 212. From the entry cocka doodle do
• Damon's nostrils flared, the only sign of anger he showed.2012, Paula Graves, chapter 13, in Secret Assignment, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 150. From the entry flare
• Smith's nostrils quivered to that scent of unhumanity.2011, C.L. Moore, Northwest of Earth, →ISBN. From the entry unhumanity
• Smoke rose in filmy wisps from some of the draclings' nostrils; others made faint, fluttery whistlings as they slept.2010, Susan Fletcher, Sign of the Dove, page 70. From the entry marvelsome
• This piercing combines nostril and septum piercings.2008 September 30, Victoria Pitts-Taylor, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body: [2 volumes], Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 370. From the entry nasallang
• "Stop shoving your fake relationship in my face and move it," I warned. ¶ "Hey!" His nostrils flared.2006, Beth Killian, The 310: Everything She Wants, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry flamboast
• The eyes rolled into action and he could find the life then pervade his nostrils like a bad drug.2003 April 1, Deadspeak2, “Ends up as a Question of Jars”, in alt.fiction.interactive (Usenet), retrieved 19 Apr 2022. From the entry cowmeat
• He made a sound, a snort from his nostrils.2001, Yann Martel, chapter 57, in Life of Pi, Canongate, published 2003, →ISBN, page 163. From the entry prusten
• I had puke streamers hanging from both nostrils; it wasn′t as watery as my chunder usually is (from drinking).1996 April 24, Andrew Shore, “Nose Chunder (was Re: Grogan Epidemic at ERR)”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet). From the entry chunder
• Face B has prominent arched browlines, wide eyes, well-proportioned nose with recessed nostrils, indistinct smiling mouth, knob-like chin, and fat cheeks.1995, E. M. Stern, Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First Through Sixth Centuries (page 243). From the entry browline
• This Komarov, a Cossack’s son, was a very short man with a crew cut and a death's-head's nostrils.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 3.5, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 71. From the entry death's-head
• The nostrils did not gape at you.1954, Ian Fleming, “Mister Big”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 64. From the entry everted
• It was a strange smell, and he sniffed carefully, not wanting to touch the fur with his nostrils.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19. From the entry rudder

Meaning of nostril

1. noun Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

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Questions about nostril in a sentence

How do you use nostril in a sentence?

Nostril is used as a noun. For example: “A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.”

What is a short sentence with nostril?

“That is, if you don’t have nostrils.”

What does nostril mean?

Nostril means either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.