snort
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With the afternoon sun beating down while the cows snort and moo, the workers inspect and clean the animals' teats, which are then attached to milking equipment.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
The writer Jia Tolentino characterized it as “what a ballerina might do if you concussed her and then made her snort caffeine pills.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025
As he reentered the courtroom on Tuesday, Eric Trump noticed Conway and gave a dismissive smirk and a snort.
From Slate ● May 1, 2024
The pigs are surprisingly quiet, although they do snort now and then.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
And Nighthand gave a snort of angry relief.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Hedgehogs may be communicating with more than just snuffles, grunts and snorts, according to scientists who have discovered the animal's hearing range.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The sounds of snorts drew Zambian farmer Mkanda Nkhata, 75, out of his house one day in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Patel’s opening statement was punctuated by a series of snorts so loud that it seemed he might soon eject a noodle from his sinus cavity.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
The bull ran by, close enough for the family to hear his snorts and see his body heave with breath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
I’m not sure whether I was more embarrassed by the sound of my own voice or the snorts of my schoolmates.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
"Well then do it, if you want to do it!" snorted Dmytro Sova, a 42-year-old actor, speaking to AFP in Kyiv.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Young described how one doctor "snorted" when she suggested she might have fibromyalgia, before she was finally diagnosed.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
They’ve pawed and snorted over terms of a debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Wood snorted repeatedly and gasped before he died.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2022
Beside me Elliot snorted, and I turned to look at him, eyebrow raised.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Other symptoms include waking up a lot, loud snoring and gasping, snorting or choking.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Lecter character, Martin Amis said, was “on all levels, a snorting, rooting, oinking porker.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
In just two minutes, the movie had delivered everything it promised: a snorting monkey, a sucker in a flowered shirt, a shot of an ominous tire swing and a closeup of a peeled cheekbone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
For sleep, participants were asked about snorting, gasping or breathing pauses in their sleep.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
But he was soon back, nickering and snorting as he pranced sideways towards the pasture gate we were leaning on.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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