Collocations for "sneeze"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sneeze" in context.
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sneeze
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- an [attack, outburst] of sneezes
- a [loud, violent] sneeze
- trying to [suppress, hold back] a sneeze
- the force of the sneeze
- feel a sneeze coming (on)
- caught his sneeze in his [palm, handkerchief]
- sneeze on [him]
- sneeze into [your hands, a handkerchief, a napkin]
- sneeze in [public, a meeting, the movie theater]
- idiom: [not, nothing] to be sneezed at
- [pepper, smoke, perfume] makes me sneeze
- coughing and sneezing
- sneeze [loudly, quietly, violently]
'sneeze' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):