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snort

[snawrt] / snɔrt /
VERB
make nose sound
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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

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

"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

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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