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He did not look lovely as he lay there, open-mouthed and breathing stertorously, his grey hair all touzled about his red and bloated face.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

Dalmahoy bent over the a�ronaut, who was bleeding at the nose and now began to breathe stertorously.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The three men crept noiselessly to the awning beneath which the French sailors lay breathing stertorously under the stupefying influence of the strong narcotic.

From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick

He was breathing stertorously, and I feared for his life.

From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler

He was breathing stertorously and evidently had not long to live.

From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)