snore
Example Sentences
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He could hear crickets and the hoot of an owl, and from the room inside, the soft snores of a family who would be relieved in the morning when he wasn’t there.
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You slither out onto its snuggly warm blackness, and pretty soon you get so cozy and content lying there that you fall asleep, stretched out and snoring, even.
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"First Prize for Largest Sleeper," she read, almost tripping over a snoring Newfoundland dog.
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Thor was sleeping soundly, making a noise like a tiny little snore.
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I lay there breathing hard but couldn’t even hear myself above the snores and sleep rattles of the others, who might as well have been unconscious.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.