snort
verb (used without object)
(of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound.
is snorting
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present progressiveof snort (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Suddenly there is a prolonged, shrill shriek in the night, a trampling of many feet, a shouting of discordant voices, and the midnight train is snorting at the platform.
From The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story by Albert Bigelow Paine
A quick left twist, and the gelding is snorting and racing down the Tilbury road with the wind dropping away behind him.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell
His tail is up and he is snorting like a steam engine.
From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon
That tiresome engine is snorting with a fiendish impatience to bear me away.
From The Lovels of Arden by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
