snored; snoring
: to breathe during sleep with a rough hoarse noise due to vibration of the soft palate
: to spend (time) in snoring or sleeping
snorer
noun
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Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
Why the Answer May Be Disappointing Pascal emerged as Joan’s first villain on The Golden Bachelorette after Episode 2 saw another contestant, Gregg Lassen, doing Pascal’s laundry as an apology for snoring so much.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 30 Oct. 2024
Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety This placid picture is first disturbed when Soo-jin gets woken by her husband’s snore — or rather its sudden absence.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Mouth-taping had long been the empty threat of spouses irked by their partner’s snoring, but now the TikTok tapers seal their own mouths voluntarily, looking for better sleep and more likes.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
Why the Answer May Be Disappointing Pascal emerged as Joan’s first villain on The Golden Bachelorette after Episode 2 saw another contestant, Gregg Lassen, doing Pascal’s laundry as an apology for snoring so much.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
Moore took several deep breaths that sounded like snores over the next minute.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety This placid picture is first disturbed when Soo-jin gets woken by her husband’s snore — or rather its sudden absence.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Snore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snore. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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snore
1 of 2 intransitive verb
snored; snoring
: to breathe during sleep with a rough hoarse noise due to vibration of the soft palate
snore
2 of 2 noun1
: an act of snoring
2
: a noise of snoring
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