snort
verb (used without object)
(of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound.
were snorting
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past progressiveof snort.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Steamrollers were snorting away, lengthening the landing strips to 4,500 feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
With one vast comprehensive sneer he brands them as Pharisees, as if he were snorting consuming fire.
From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by George William Curtis
Five walrus were snorting and barking in a hole which they had broken in the ice.
From Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Oscar's wild ride back and forth had demoralized the horses, which were snorting and plunging wildly.
From The Port of Missing Men by Meredith Nicholson
The horses on the great cumbersome craft were snorting with terror.
From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher
