had snorted
- past perfect of snort.
Example Sentences
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Worried Britons learned last week that the indomitable Winston Churchill, who was 68 last November, had snorted, heaved and fought his way through a mild but dangerous attack of pneumonia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over & over again, Texan Tom Connally, who had snorted interventionist fire in the Senate before the war, now breathed peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If you want to paint a tree," gruff Sir Alfred had snorted at a recent R.A. banquet, "for heaven's sake make it look like a tree!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Among other things typhoid-convalescent Chang noticed that the first motor truck ever built in China had snorted out of his great arsenal in Mukden.
From Time Magazine Archive
But then Rosie had snorted, impatient to get out for a walk.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
