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
But not everyone who snores has sleep apnea, and not everyone with sleep apnea snores.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snores
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The first is Christopher Walken as Gabriel, a mean-spirited angel who sniffs and licks crime scenes and inspects children’s teeth for reasons that sort of make sense within the movie.—
Keith Phipps,
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31 Oct. 2025
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In the clip, an elderly woman stands holding a bowl and a spoon beside a massive brown bear that sniffs her feet.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein breathes new life to Mary Shelley’s classic gothic novel.—
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10 Nov. 2025
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Otaleg Otaleg's Marco Radicioni lives and breathes gelato.—
Nina Ruggiero,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Snores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snores. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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