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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
snore .
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Examples
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Whether he would have eventually snored is not known, for not more than a quarter of an hour afterwards the butler roused him with the magic words:
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When one didn't present itself, she shook my feet, hoping to wake me up, but I ignored her and "snored" more loudly.
Confession: My Own PostSecret Karyn 2006
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When one didn't present itself, she shook my feet, hoping to wake me up, but I ignored her and "snored" more loudly.
Archive 2006-07-01 Karyn 2006
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And thus as she attempted to please him, she also tried to make sure that, when he was finished, she would be able gently to turn away from him and face the dark alone as he slept and snored.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
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Jake was stretched out on the couch, mouth open as he snored, with the TV projecting shadows across the room.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Of the hated President Coolidge he wrote, "at least Nero fiddled, Coolidge snored".
Simon Jenkins: Half a Century After Mencken's Death, Opinion Is What is Riding High Simon Jenkins 2011
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He snored like thunder, and his mouth hung open with a trickle of drool running down one cheek.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Last time we snored Bush and CHeney caused the biggest mess this nation ever seen while the republicans watched quietly.
McConnell: Public option a nonstarter for Senate Republicans 2009
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Her taller, more attractive companion Oranges? snored softly, legs curled awkwardly to keep them from dangling off the edge of the circular sofa upon which she lay.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Jake was stretched out on the couch, mouth open as he snored, with the TV projecting shadows across the room.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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