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At first I took no notice of this diversified sternutation, but as it deepened every moment in energy, terminating in something like a groan, I was compelled to pay it the homage of my admiration and astonishment.— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828
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!"— The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
I will ask him -- "What is a sternutation?"— Tom Cringle's Log
Sparkle "What is a sternutation?"— Tom Cringle's Log
Would anyone believe that a simple sternutation could produce such ravages on a quadrupedal organism?— Madame Bovary

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