snort
verb (used without object)
(of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound.
have snorted
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present perfectof snort.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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I feel fairly certain, for instance, that Sybil would never have snorted at the Carsons for honeymooning in Scarborough.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2016
Privately criticized for failing to back up his chief, he was once reported to have snorted: ''How can you stand behind a man with St. Vitus's dance?
From Time Magazine Archive
But I could not tell Nealson that; he would only have snorted.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
She would have snorted, but he did look rather good in his knee-high brown boots.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
If he had gone into the yard after his own nag, the others would have snorted and raised a fuss, and that would have started the dogs and prevented his escape.
From Rodney The Partisan by Harry Castlemon
