snort
verb (used without object)
(of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound.
had been snorting
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past perfect progressiveof snort.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Faustus, who during the whole of this strange trial had been snorting like a madman, gave now such a thundering huzza, that the whole gallery echoed.
From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by George Henry Borrow
