snorted

Definition of snortednext
past tense of snort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snorted
Verb
  • Making his early exit as the second player murdered even more painful was the fact that Rob had correctly sniffed out that a murder in plain sight was happening.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
  • This is a team that would’ve never sniffed a title chance until the 12-team format arrived.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … ‘KNOW YOUR BODY’ – Woman who 'never snored before' discovers terrifying reason behind sudden symptom.
    , FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • These attacks snuffed out at least 115 lives last year.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Dissent has been quashed and protests, once a daily feature of life in Hong Kong, have been snuffed out.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • With the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir helped the world appreciate rock & roll in a new way, writing songs that breathed new life onstage as the group jammed.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Reassuring results from Micron breathed life back into the AI-infrastructure theme while a cool CPI reading allowed investors concerned about a hawkish Fed to exhale, allowing for a relief bounce in the indexes that for now looks welcome but inconclusive.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Snorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snorted. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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