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
That night, the page tiptoed past the castle guards who stood snoring loudly against their spears.
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Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
There are plenty of different approaches to quelling snoring, including nasal strips, side sleeping, weight loss and, for those with sleep apnea, a CPAP machine prescribed by a doctor.
—Ian Kerner, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Despite these benefits, partners moving around in bed, snoring and having differing body temperatures can also cause sleep disruption and deprivation, Troxel noted.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The woman to my right, who uses a wheelchair, has fallen asleep and is snoring.
—Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
There are plenty of different approaches to quelling snoring, including nasal strips, side sleeping, weight loss and, for those with sleep apnea, a CPAP machine prescribed by a doctor.
—Ian Kerner, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Despite these benefits, partners moving around in bed, snoring and having differing body temperatures can also cause sleep disruption and deprivation, Troxel noted.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The woman to my right, who uses a wheelchair, has fallen asleep and is snoring.
—Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snore
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Other episodes of the series will follow a bodybuilder obsessed with having a bulky physique, a woman who blends and snorts all her food, individuals addicted to eating grass, makeup and cardboard, and even a veteran with PTSD who filled his home with more than a hundred snakes.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
17 Dec. 2025
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The sow bounced forward a couple of times, snorting.—
William D. Brown,
Outdoor Life,
13 Nov. 2025
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School can be an awful place, where social capital is built on a person’s acceptance by a group, and any difference is sniffed out and mocked, sometimes worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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But a few Power 4 teams have sniffed around for a transfer quarterback and haven’t landed a commitment.—
Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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This air filter allows your engine to breathe.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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Hot Spell Milwaukee Hot Spell specializes in hot and cold contrast—relax into the wood fire heat, then breathe deeply through an ice-cold plunge into Lake Michigan.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Snore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snore. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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