Also called sternutation, sneezing is the body’s way of removing an irritation from your nose. From Wordnik.com. [October « 2007 « The Life and Times of Organic Mama] Reference
That means as many as 150 commuters can be sickened by one uncovered sternutation. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Swine Flu Smackdown: How to Avoid Infection (and a Fistfight)] Reference
They did the counting loudly, so as to be heard over the sound of my sternutation. From Wordnik.com. [Lobotomy Sneeze « The Life and Times of Organic Mama] Reference
Lateral sternutation is the kind of modest health reform all Americans ought to be able to get behind. From Wordnik.com. [Death Panels for Terrorists!] Reference
Taggart added; and then I seemed to hear a sternutation, — as I probably did, for, recovering from a kind of swoon, I found myself shivering with cold. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro] Reference
In a subway station at rush hour, according to British researchers, as many as 10 percent of all commuters can come in contact with the spray and residue from just one sneeze (or sternutation). From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Swine Flu Survival: The Science of a Single Sneeze (and Three Simple Ways to Protect Yourself)] Reference
Lower jaw constantly swelling, mouth ulcerated, and many other distressing symptoms that would be tedious to repeat; amongst which, however, I must mention one, because it had never failed to accompany any attempt to renounce opium — viz., violent sternutation. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an English Opium-Eater] Reference
During the opium-eating years I do not remember to have been affected at all in this latter way; but a severe cold at this time settled upon the lungs, one indication of which was frequent sternutation, consequent apparently upon the inflammation of the mucous membrane. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
I then straightened up, and—holding my breath so as to avoid inhaling any of the dust-like particles of disintegrating paper which had precipitated my earlier fit of uncontrolled sternutation—I quickly leafed through the fragile pages of this twenty-year-old gazette. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermore] Reference
At the first sternutation the rats jumped up and looked about them, evidently considerably alarmed. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures] Reference
Would anyone believe that a simple sternutation could produce such ravages on a quadrupedal organism?. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
Would any one believe that a simple sternutation could produce such ravages on a quadrupedal organism?. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life] Reference
If she had not sneezed, she would have heard all, and so should I; but that unlucky sternutation routed Dr. John. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
"Prometheus was the first that wished well to the sneezer, when the man which he had made of clay fell into a fit of sternutation upon the approach of that celestial fire which he stole from the sun.". From Wordnik.com. [Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
'A thing merely to be sneezed at, 'a voice like that of Taggart added; and then I seemed to hear a sternutation, -- as I probably did, for, recovering from a kind of swoon, I found myself shivering with cold. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
"A thing merely to be sneezed at," a voice like that of Taggart added; and then I seemed to hear a sternutation, -- as I probably did, for, recovering from a kind of swoon, I found myself shivering with cold. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
"A thing merely to be sneered at," a voice like that of Taggart added; and then I seemed to hear a sternutation, -- as I probably did, for, recovering from a kind of swoon, I found myself shivering with cold. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest] Reference
"Was that an echo?" said the Baronet, astonished at the sternutation which resounded from above; "or" -- drawing close to the adept, "can it be the spirit you talked of, ridiculing our attempt upon his hidden treasures?". From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary — Complete] Reference
“Was that an echo?” said the Baronet, astonished at the sternutation which resounded from above; “or” — drawing close to the adept, “can it be the spirit you talked of, ridiculing our attempt upon his hidden treasures?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary] Reference
` ` Was that an echo? '' said the Baronet, astonished at the sternutation which resounded from above; ` ` or '' --- drawing close to the adept, ` ` can it be the spirit you talked of, ridiculing our attempt upon his hidden treasures? ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary] Reference
Lower jaw constantly swelling, mouth ulcerated, and many other distressing symptoms that would be tedious to repeat; amongst which, however, I must mention one, because it had never failed to accompany any attempt to renounce opium -- viz., violent sternutation. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an English Opium-Eater] Reference
He appeared to be about to speak, but his words, if he intended any, were stifled in their birth by a sudden sternutation which escaped him, and which was so violent that the hostess started back, exclaiming, "Ave Maria purissima!" and nearly dropped the lamp in her alarm. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula] Reference
He appeared to be about to speak, but his words, if he intended any, were stifled in their birth by a sudden sternutation which escaped him, and which was so violent that the hostess started back, exclaiming, “Ave Maria purissima!” and nearly dropped the lamp in her alarm. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible in Spain] Reference
(words being his weapons) "What is a sternutation?". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
Susanna herself could not have snuffed that elixir without sternutation, being in truth a curious distillation of rectified acetum, or vinegar of the sun, prepared by mine own hands — Wherefore, as thou sayest thou wilt come to me in private, and express thy contrition for the offence whereof thou hast been guilty, I command that all for the present go forward as if no such interruption of the prescribed course had taken place.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
Meantime the symptoms which attended my case for the first six weeks of the experiment were these enormous irritability and excitement of the whole system -- the stomach, in particular, restored to a full feeling of vitality and sensibility, but often in great pain; unceasing restlessness night and day; sleep -- I scarcely knew what it was -- three hours out of the twenty-four was the utmost I had, and that so agitated and shallow that I heard every sound that was near me; lower jaw constantly swelling; mouth ulcerated; and many other distressing symptoms that would be tedious to repeat, among which, however, I must mention one because it had never failed to accompany any attempt to renounce opium, viz., violent sternutation. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
I will ask him -- "What is a sternutation?". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
7 minutes ago, -0/+0thats nice ... maybe next time you should stick to words you understand while in the midst of a sternutation I was cogitating about the statecraft in regards to our galactic endeavors and I believe that Obama's plan would be most ecumenical to our progression. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Sure-fire sternutation remedy!. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
Sparkle "What is a sternutation?". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
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