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
Maybe light or noise filters into your room, or your partner starts rustling or snoring around the same time early each morning.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Feb. 2026
In the last 20 minutes, Iron Lung finally arrives somewhere almost interesting, but by that point, a man sitting in the row ahead of me had been loudly snoring for more than an hour.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Grandpa snoring near the fireplace, kids watching Rudolph.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Dec. 2025
This time, the dog fell asleep on the couch right next to the window, snoring the day away.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Feb. 2026
In the last 20 minutes, Iron Lung finally arrives somewhere almost interesting, but by that point, a man sitting in the row ahead of me had been loudly snoring for more than an hour.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Grandpa snoring near the fireplace, kids watching Rudolph.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Dec. 2025
This time, the dog fell asleep on the couch right next to the window, snoring the day away.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snore
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This often results in a choking, snorting, or gasping sound as normal breathing resumes.—
Daniel Combs,
Verywell Health,
9 Mar. 2026
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Court documents allege an informant witnessed Clifton snorting cocaine near firearms during a drug deal at his residence.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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At the time, fellow Arab leaders sniffed, but today, with the enormous cost of regional chaos weighing directly on the Gulf, the king’s words are prescient.—
Hadley Gamble,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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There were a 1-mile perimeter of street closures around the theater, bomb-sniffing dogs and heavy police presence.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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Body-cam footage, included at the end of Mormon Wives’s pilot episode, showed Paul on the front porch, sobbing and barely able to breathe.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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There are no steroids in baseball, only players Chuck Norris has breathed on.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Snore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snore. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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