as in to snort
to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping
My husband snores and it keeps me up all night.
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Recent Examples of snore
Ah, the good old days: 80 guys snoring on cots in an open bay, communal shower area, shrieking sergeants in a frenetic chow hall.
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Jeff Nelligan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
These things and my cat, who started inexplicably snoring after having some teeth pulled.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Video recorded by her husband and shown in court over the past weeks has repeatedly featured her motionless, sometimes snoring, while the accused, including her husband, abused her.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
Chelsea Perry is a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and
the owner of Sleep Solutions, a company offering alternatives to continuous positive airway pressure solutions for snoring and sleep apnea.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jeff Nelligan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
These things and my cat, who started inexplicably snoring after having some teeth pulled.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Video recorded by her husband and shown in court over the past weeks has repeatedly featured her motionless, sometimes snoring, while the accused, including her husband, abused her.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
Chelsea Perry is a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and
the owner of Sleep Solutions, a company offering alternatives to continuous positive airway pressure solutions for snoring and sleep apnea.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snore
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Then its driver revved the engine, as if to snort, and peeled out down Lexington Avenue.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2025
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Drug dealers grew into friends, who invited him to parties where everybody was snorting coke out in the open.Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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The guides here are known for being able to sniff out powder even several days after a storm.Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Sure, real Hermès Birkin owners can sniff out the difference 5,000 miles away and may scoff at a bag that’s literally tens of thousands of dollars less, but people are saying the $229 version is high quality, gorgeous, and is giving Hermès a run for its money.Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2024
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To purge their body of nitrogen, an astronaut needs to breathe pure oxygen for a few hours, both before and after donning a spacesuit.Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Too many people breathe out while their head is out of the water, Ms. Peluse said.Erik Vance, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Snore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snore. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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