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Meanings of nostril in English

Portuguese
venta
Catalan
nariu
Spanish
narina

Either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose.

        venta

        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.

              Usage of nostril in English
              1
              Phyllis's left nostril flared and she hissed, Be clear on this, Turki.
              Man in the Middle
              2
              The air passing through the nostril will move it backward and forward.
              Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
              3
              A tube ran from his left nostril back to some unseen place.
              Ford county: stories
              4
              My right nostril and eye were full of dirt; also my mouth.
              A Yankee in the Trenches
              5
              I blasted the other nostril clear, spat again and searched the horizon.
              Broken angels
              6
              Her ear moved; her nostril quivered gently as she strove to neigh.
              A Ride With A Mad Horse In A Freight-Car / 1898
              7
              I found the reporter working on a nostril in Mateo's second-floor office.
              Grave Secrets
              8
              Exhale thoroughly, then close the right nostril and inhale through the left.
              Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
              9
              And the philosopher titillated his nostril until he sneezed again and again.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 / A Mag...
              10
              Its nostril is elongated, and answers to the purpose of a hand.
              Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
              11
              A loving close-up of your nostril hairs is off-putting for the others.
              The South African
              12
              Gillian had jammed her thumb at least an inch up one nostril.
              The Fireman
              13
              He took out a small inhaler and squeezed it up each nostril.
              Death Trance
              14
              I dabbed at my left nostril until the bleeding finally gave up.
              Something from the nightside
              15
              Colben took out an inhaler, applied it to each nostril, and grimaced.
              Carrion comfort
              16
              Every head was up, every ear still, every nostril on the stretch.
              The Forest Lovers
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              Translations for nostril
              Portuguese
              ventanarina
              Catalan
              nariu
              Spanish
              narina
              Nostril through the time
              Nostril across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common