as in snorted
to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping
My husband snores and it keeps me up all night.
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Recent Examples of snored
Continue reading … ‘KNOW YOUR BODY’ – Woman who 'never snored before' discovers terrifying reason behind sudden symptom.
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FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snored
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While police have not determined how long the girls had been buried at that location, the man whose dog sniffed them out told a local television station that the mound of dirt under which one of the bodies was found had been there at least a week.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
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On the next play, Patriots rookie Craig Woodson sniffed out a trick play and dropped the ball carrier on an end around for a loss of five.—
February 9,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Iraqis breathed a few gulps of freedom before secular warfare between Sunni and Shia militias began tearing the country apart.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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Cohen treats workers who breathed in high amounts of this material in the mines for decades, causing irreversible damage.—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Snored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snored. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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