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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Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 10 July 2024
Examples include snoring and caring for an infant throughout the night.
—Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
Approximately 5% of children sleepwalk, 10% to 17% snore, and around 30% experience night terrors.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
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Verb
This condition disrupts sleep and causes other symptoms, like dizziness, headaches, snoring, and choking at night.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 10 July 2024
Examples include snoring and caring for an infant throughout the night.
—Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Noun
Through the snores of travelers inches from my face and the antics of schoolkids ignoring their chaperones.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
Approximately 5% of children sleepwalk, 10% to 17% snore, and around 30% experience night terrors.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
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“Snore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snore. Accessed 15 Jul. 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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