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breathless, close, stifling, suffocating
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Symptoms include coughing, itchy or watery eyes and a runny or stuffy nose, but Maj. — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, "Almost one-third of dorm rooms at Joint Base San Antonio had mold, mildew," 17 Aug. 2019 Symptoms of the flu include: fever, cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, muscle weakness, headaches, and fatigue, which can last anywhere from three to seven days. — Christina Oehler, Health.com, "Can You Get the Flu In August? We Asked a Doctor," 15 Aug. 2019 Common symptoms include fever and chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle and body aches, headaches and fatigue. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "Longer than usual and M-shaped: CDC says 2018-19 flu season was odd but not as severe as the previous deadly season," 20 June 2019 With summer here, the small inside dining room can get stuffy and the outdoor seating may actually provide better comfort with more breeze, but beware the buzzing flies. — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, "All-day breakfast: A critic’s guide to 5 egg-centric new eateries," 5 June 2019 The most common flu symptoms are fever (though not always), cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, according to the CDC. — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, "Flu Symptoms in Kids Come Suddenly, But You Can Act Fast If You Know What to Look For," 19 Oct. 2018 Symptoms include a cough, sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, headaches, fatigue, body or muscle aches, and fever (although not everyone who has the flu gets a fever). — Macaela Mackenzie, Allure, "The 2019 Flu Season May Be as Deadly as 2018's — Here's How to Prepare Yourself," 3 Oct. 2018 Bringing a stuffy nose home from vacation, chipping a fresh manicure, Seamless forgetting your extra ranch dressing, again — first world problems, man. — refinery29.com, "The Lip Balm Water Bottle We Never Knew We Needed," 29 June 2018 So too has allergy season with its itchy, watery eyes, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing and wheezing. — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, "Seven ways to help your child through allergy season," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stuffy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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