snort

Example Sentences

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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

In their mid-fifties now, they will have a few things to say about kids these days, their slang and such; they snort at Burning Man, to which they’ve never been and will never go.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 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

But Natalie just gave a half snort and tilted back against the wall.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix