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snoring

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1. snoring - Noun

2. snoring - Verb

Meaning

of Snore

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Old women snore violently. They are like bodies into which bizarre animals have crept at night; the animals are vicious, bawdy, noisy. How they snore! There is no shame to their snoring. Old women turn into old men. Joyce Carol Oates

My wife says I'm making a noise like a stranded whale. I think I have a major snoring problem. Rex Hunt

Snoring keeps the monsters away. Judy Blume

Most snoring is composed by Beethoven or Wagner, although a few times Wiggs had heard heavy metal rock performed on the somnambulate bassoon. Tom Robbins

Privacy is something I have come to respect. I think when I was younger I wanted to tell everybody everything, because I thought I was so damn interesting. Then I heard the snoring. David Duchovny

My specialties are corpses, unconscious people and people snoring in spectacular epics. Gig Young

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