snore

Use the verb "snore" to describe the sound a person makes while sleeping. Not everyone snores, but many people do:

• Her husband snores so loudly that she can’t sleep at night.
• Some people snore because of a medical condition.
• I heard someone snoring in the library the other day.
• Do you know if you snore at night?
• My dog snores when she sleeps.
• He can’t get to sleep because the other man is snoring.

"zzzzzzzzzzzzz……"

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Published March 29, 2012