snore
verb (used without object)
to breathe during sleep with hoarse or harsh sounds caused by the vibrating of the soft palate.
have been snoring
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present perfect progressiveof snore.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And if you are exceptionally tired or have been snoring, ask your doctor about being screened for sleep-disordered breathing.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2021
“I d’know whether you have been dreaming or not, but you have been snoring till I was ashamed of you, and the more I stirred you up the more you would keep on saying, ‘Ramrod.’”
From !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War by Charles Mills Sheldon
Here you have been snoring since early last evening.
From Shelled by an Unseen Foe by James Fiske
Looking out of the wagon, to my surprise I saw Scowl and the hunters, who should have been snoring, standing in a group and talking to each other in frightened whispers.
From Child of Storm by Henry Rider Haggard
It might, of course, have been snoring; and Honor explained elaborately next morning that Irish people often have a peculiar way of breathing in their sleep—an affection from which she sometimes suffered herself.
From The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
