Snoring
[snɔ:ɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snore
(n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.
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Examples
- Talking, laughing, or snoring, they make the beams of the house shake. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She convoyed Donne past his dread enemy Tartar, who, with his nose on his fore paws, lay snoring under the meridian sun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It's enough to be robbed while you're snoring because you're too comfortable, without being put right with _your_ four seven ones. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- If their snoring became objectionable to those still at work, the 'calmer' was applied. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her husband lies snoring on the kitchen rug. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He sat on one side of the small table, looking keenly at himself on the other side with his chin sunk on his breast, snoring. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She threw herself upon the bed heavily, and soon was snoring hard. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Are you going to sit snoring there, all day? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- So away they went, leaving Mr. Pickwick snoring most comfortably in the shade. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He then directed his steps to Mr. Sedley's room and opened the curtains of the great large family bed wherein Mr. Jos was snoring. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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