If in fact the police had conducted a sniff search of everyone as they got off the bus, it would clearly have constituted a random search and would therefore have been unconstitutional.
Si, en réalité, les policiers avaient fouillé à l’aide du chien renifleur toutes les personnes qui descendaient de l’autobus, une telle mesure aurait clairement constitué une fouille au hasard et aurait donc été inconstitutionnelle.
I can picture him swinging along with his bent back, stopping every now and then to sniff and listen, alert for the foreknowledge of danger.
Je puis me l’imaginer avançant à grandes enjambées, le dos courbé, s’arrêtant de temps à autre pour flairer et pour écouter, à tout instant sur le qui-vive.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
They beat down the game, they watched in the doorways, they sniffed from afar the innocent flesh on which they preyed.
Elles étaient les rabatteuses, guettaient aux portes, sentaient de loin la chair innocente.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
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There is no rule of law that dog sniffs of luggage in lockers are always a s. 8 search, or that they never are.
Aucune règle de droit ne prévoit que l’utilisation d’un chien renifleur pour vérifier des bagages se trouvant dans des casiers constitue toujours ou ne constitue jamais une fouille ou perquisition au sens de l’art. 8.
Albine walked in front, sniffing like a young dog, and saying nothing, but she was ever in search of the happy glade, although where they found themselves there were none of the big trees of which her thoughts were full.
Albine marchait en avant, avec le flair d'un jeune chien, ne disant rien, toujours en quête de la clairière heureuse, bien qu'il n'y eût pas là les grands arbres qu'elle rêvait.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
But when it came to propaganda, Hitler, sniffing another chance to enhance h;s image through the major announcement of a 'Four-Year Plan', was unwilling as ever to concede the star-role.
Mais, s'agissant de la propagande, Hitler, flairant l'occasion de renforcer son image par l'annonce solennelle d'un « Plan quadriennal », était moins disposé que jamais à se laisser voler la vedette.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
He never wasted his time or lost his way among mere daubers; he went straight, as if from instinct, to individualists, whose talent was contested still, but whose future fame his flaming, drunkard's nose sniffed from afar.
Jamais il ne s’égarait chez les barbouilleurs médiocres, il allait droit, par instinct, aux artistes personnels, encore contestés, dont son nez flamboyant d’ivrogne sentait de loin le grand avenir.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
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His Masterpiece
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But his surprise was increasing, and he closely examined the hand, which the flame of the explosion had scorched, and even sniffed the shirt cuff as if seeking to understand the affair better.
Sa surprise croissait, il se mit à examiner avec attention la main que la flamme avait noircie, il finit même par flairer la manche de la chemise, pour mieux se rendre compte.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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Just look at him, sniffing like a dog that has lost scent!
Le voyez-vous flairer, comme un chien dont le nez est en défaut.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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sniff
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
sniff
sniffs
Possessive case
sniff's
sniffs'
sniff
verb
Basic forms
Past
sniffed
Imperative
sniff
Present Participle (Participle I)
sniffing
Past Participle (Participle II)
sniffed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sniff
we sniff
you sniff
you sniff
he/she/it sniffs
they sniff
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sniffing
we are sniffing
you are sniffing
you are sniffing
he/she/it is sniffing
they are sniffing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sniffed
we have sniffed
you have sniffed
you have sniffed
he/she/it has sniffed
they have sniffed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sniffing
we have been sniffing
you have been sniffing
you have been sniffing
he/she/it has been sniffing
they have been sniffing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sniffed
we sniffed
you sniffed
you sniffed
he/she/it sniffed
they sniffed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sniffing
we were sniffing
you were sniffing
you were sniffing
he/she/it was sniffing
they were sniffing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sniffed
we had sniffed
you had sniffed
you had sniffed
he/she/it had sniffed
they had sniffed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sniffing
we had been sniffing
you had been sniffing
you had been sniffing
he/she/it had been sniffing
they had been sniffing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sniff
we shall/will sniff
you will sniff
you will sniff
he/she/it will sniff
they will sniff
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sniffing
we shall/will be sniffing
you will be sniffing
you will be sniffing
he/she/it will be sniffing
they will be sniffing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sniffed
we shall/will have sniffed
you will have sniffed
you will have sniffed
he/she/it will have sniffed
they will have sniffed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sniffing
we shall/will have been sniffing
you will have been sniffing
you will have been sniffing
he/she/it will have been sniffing
they will have been sniffing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sniff
we should/would sniff
you would sniff
you would sniff
he/she/it would sniff
they would sniff
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sniffing
we should/would be sniffing
you would be sniffing
you would be sniffing
he/she/it would be sniffing
they would be sniffing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sniffed
we should/would have sniffed
you would have sniffed
you would have sniffed
he/she/it would have sniffed
they would have sniffed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice