snore
verb (used without object)
to breathe during sleep with hoarse or harsh sounds caused by the vibrating of the soft palate.
have snored
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present perfectof snore.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"But I hardly think it has done the mileage between this place and Bar-le-Duc in so short a time as that, and your chauffeur tells me that you have snored all the way."
From With Haig on the Somme by Archibald Webb
"It was a little dim," the voice apologized and, Peggy's silence still condemning, "you should have snored," it continued extenuatingly.
From Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers by Various
At one time or another, in every one of these dwellings prelates of all sizes and shapes have snored, swallowed, and generally fortified the flesh.
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
It is probable that Sam would have snored on for hours, but for a piece of carelessness on his part.
From Chasing the Sun by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Every time I have snored, I've frozen something.
From The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins
