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snort

[snawrt] / snɔrt /
VERB
make nose sound
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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

As he reentered the courtroom on Tuesday, Eric Trump noticed Conway and gave a dismissive smirk and a snort.

From Slate ● May 1, 2024

The pigs are surprisingly quiet, although they do snort now and then.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

Regan covered her mouth to muffle her surprised snort as she turned to me, the intensity of her face lifting for a brief second.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

The bull ran by, close enough for the family to hear his snorts and see his body heave with breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

She snorts as I pile hay into her stall.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Gaulier snorted, a rare sign of approval from the exacting clown instructor, who was known for his blunt critiques and caustic insults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"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

I snorted when you suggested that this florist translate the relationship into future business and "say it with flowers."

From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2021

Misha snorted, sending puffs of white air into the cold night.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Mrs. Boeuf recognizes the snorting heard from below the office: It’s Mr. Boeuf, transformed!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Other symptoms include waking up a lot, loud snoring and gasping, snorting or choking.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

For sleep, participants were asked about snorting, gasping or breathing pauses in their sleep.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024

“We have our own issues,” Exeter Mayor Mary Waterman-Philpot told a roomful of Tooleville residents, snorting at the idea the state would pay for the one-mile extension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Gabriel snorting out bread, freeing me to laugh.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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