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was snorting

  • past progressive of snort.

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“He was snorting and blowing water out of his nose,” Mitchell testified.

From Seattle Times May 3, 2022

Just down the street, a family of wild boars was snorting through the trash.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2021

Faran Kaplan said, reaching toward the bed where the 17-year-old was snorting through a tracheostomy tube.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2017

Only about a year ago, the Merrill Lynch bull was snorting with satisfaction.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had two Popsicle sticks stuck up his nose and was snorting like a walrus!

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene