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snore

[snawr, snohr] / snɔr, snoʊr /
VERB
make sounds when sleeping
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The way they speed and slow, roar and snore, constantly balancing thrust to counteract changing winds?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

On a few occasions he lifts his head to take a deep breath without opening his eyes, at one point beginning to snore softly.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025

However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024

Who’s got this little nose ... and they snore together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

And he spat the blood from his mouth and closed his eyes and began to snore, in deep and magnificent snores.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

When Aggie describes the project that has her stymied—a book on the relationship between Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia—he snores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

It was now a cold, silent night, broken only by snores, the occasional yelp of someone dreaming, and the hoot of a single owl.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025

I hope that I’ll continue to find awe each morning, as the sun streams through my window and my partner snores lightly from the other side of the bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

When a human being or another mammal snores, it's because air is flowing past the soft tissues in the pharyngeal airway, such as the tongue, soft palette and throat muscles.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024

After three hourglasses pass, Sophia's ladies-of-honor are splayed out on plush kneeling-pillows at the base of the throne, and their snores add to the misen players' song.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Around her, people snored, babies cried and dogs barked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024

"I've never snored in our 18 year marriage but my husband says since my accident in March I've been like a fog horn," she told BBC Scotland News.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024

Hen Wen snored luxuriously and Taran resigned himself to sleeping, despite the assortment of whistles and groans directly below his ear.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

But witnesses said that Pike remained awake longer than expected and was later heard "loudly snoring" before an ambulance rushed her to a nearby hospital.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The condemned woman was "loudly snoring, clearly very alive" as the journalists were ushered out of the area, Chandler told CBS.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

We always have grand plans about watching a movie or whatever, and then we’re both inevitably snoring by 10 p.m. at the latest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Having this option allows her to prioritise getting enough rest when the snoring is particularly bad.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Mrs. Caruthers was too busy snoring, and Cook and Mr. Henry had their own lengthy list of duties to see to.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland


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