snore
verb (used without object)
to breathe during sleep with hoarse or harsh sounds caused by the vibrating of the soft palate.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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The skipper will be snoring by ten o’clock, and you had better turn in now.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty