What does this expression mean when one says something with an injured sniff? can be found in chapter one of "Little Women".
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Looking at the source material:
“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug,
“It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
"I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
It's apparent in this context that Amy's words were said with a "sniff" -- a very slight inhalation through the nose. And the narrator adds the adjective "injured" to indicate not that the "sniff" was somehow injured, but that "little Amy" was speaking in a tone of voice that suggested her own emotional injury (and that likely the sniff was the result of this perceived "injury", not an impending cold).
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