I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
make
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Not content with simply being breathed into the atmosphere, the virus makes us sneeze or cough explosively.
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We never got around to buying a quilt, although Selina knows feathers make me sneeze .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot of them were here, because a free meal is not to be sneezed at.
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I sneezed right on to the food.
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I completed tidying the loft, sneezing a few times as the golden space filled with motes of shining dust.
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My tension level was so high that I was bound to sneeze or cough or groan or cackle maniacally.
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Not content with simply being breathed into the atmosphere, the virus makes us sneeze or cough explosively.
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Once he came back sneezing and coughing.
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People were sneezing all over the place as if it were the heart of allergy season.
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When you cough or sneeze , you propel some tiny particles into the air.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few seconds later it was followed by a sneeze .
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Renwick had his handkerchief out and stopped a sudden sneeze , his face hidden as the man's lighter flicked.
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The atheist suppressed his sneeze , for fear of being blessed by the priest.
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The laughter abruptly changed into sneezes and the handkerchief routine was gone through again.
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The monotonous sound of the train was an invitation to float, the engine emitting smooth, continuous snorts and sneezes.
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This, when every sneeze sends your boat into a furious wobble, is difficult.
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To dread the slightest sneeze or cough that might herald the onset of polio or tuberculosis.