Example Sentences

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“Michael Gove is making a snortingly good launch speech,” broadcaster Piers Morgan said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2019

Several of the feeding animals lifted their heads, snortingly, from the short herbage, at sight of him; and fled up the hill.

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson

John snortingly invoked the hottest place he could think of.

From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

But then Gif, Spouter, and Fred took a position directly in front of the on-coming horses, and the driver brought them snortingly to a sudden stop.

From The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods by Stratemeyer, Edward

“Bring him in an’ get the money,” he said snortingly.

From The Coyote A Western Story by Roberts, James