SNORING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

snoring

verb

present participle of snore

as in snorting

to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping My husband snores and it keeps me up all night.

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Recent Examples of snoring Mainly looking to drown out a snoring partner, a barking dog or an overactive brain? — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026 Pick sleep earbuds, played at safe volume, if your issue is outside noise or a snoring partner. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Same lethal drug, different outcomes After the pentobarbital was administered Wednesday night, Howard took a couple of breaths and gasped, the AP reported, before making snoring sounds that grew quiet within 30 seconds. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Howard then began making snoring sounds, coughed and resumed the snoring sounds, which grew progressively quieter. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 One media witness noted that she could be heard loudly snoring about one hour after the procedure had started. — News Editor, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Pike was still snoring when the execution chamber's microphone was cut off more than an hour into the attempt. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 When the curtains reopened, Pike was making snoring sounds and was clearly alive, according to AP reporter Kim Chandler, who was one of the witnesses. — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Foam or silicone earplugs cut noise by 20 to 30 decibels, enough to bring 40 to 60 dB snoring below the arousal threshold, according to Superpower. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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Eventually, Bird’s film — with a script co-written by Matthew Robbins — gets to the meat of the action when Venus’ extremely complicated life runs smack into Ray and his knack for sniffing out bad guys.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026
In the doorframe was the manager, sniffing around, suspicions aroused.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

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In February 2025, more than a year before her death, Aurora was taken to an emergency room by a relative after experiencing asthma symptoms, wheezing and difficulty breathing, according to prosecutors.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
But Sprenger is like Victor Frankenstein, his electronic voice and its warped utterances breathing an uneasiness into everything around it.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

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