snores

verb

present tense third-person singular of snore
as in snorts
to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping My husband snores and it keeps me up all night.

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Recent Examples of snores Sylvia, my copilot, snores softly. — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026 But not everyone who snores has sleep apnea, and not everyone with sleep apnea snores. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snores
  1. sniffs
  2. breathes
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  • Luz inserts the construction pole; Susana sniffs.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The look of sheer repressed, stymied rage/laughter on Raph’s face when Paul sniffs the Oreos instead is one of the episode’s biggest laughs.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Definition of sniffs
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  • The most serious form, known as pneumonic tularemia, develops after someone breathes in infected dust or aerosols.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, what a baby breathes in the months after going home may be associated with respiratory health years later.
    — Tim Nelin, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
Definition of breathes

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