snort
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The rain pours down so often that you can’t help but snort when the film cuts to Whitford’s granddad angrily watering his lawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
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
When I get to Marlena’s horses, they snort in recognition and flap their lips against my hands, which still smell like baked apples.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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
He found that every species he recorded produced some sort of sound, including quacks, bleeps, grunts, crackles, toots and snorts.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2022
They all burst out laughing, and Jess’s honking giggle mixed with the twins’ loud snorts.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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"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
Elliot snorted as he hit the activation button and everything went black.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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The popularity of Mr. Harris’s later novels featuring Hannibal faded: “Hannibal” was dismissed by Martin Amis as being, “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
While a snorting steampunk bull stole the show at the opening ceremony, Malala Yousafzai's words echoed through the action.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2022
After a moment came a snorting noise, then a cough, and then Mr. Benedict said, “Ah. Was I very long gone?”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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