SNORT in a Sentence

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38 example sentences for SNORT, such as:

1. Mr Dedalus gave a snort of contempt.
2. Mrs. Merriwether snorted a trumpeting snort.
3. She made a funny face and gave a snorting of laugh.
4. The strangling hero sprang up with a relieving snort.
5. On entering the forest the horses began to snort and sweated visibly.

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 Meanings and Examples of SNORT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
snort
 v.  make a sudden sound through one's nose
Classic Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1  The strangling hero sprang up with a relieving snort.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Sid yawned, stretched, then brought himself up on his elbow with a snort, and began to stare at Tom.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  He could only hear the snort of the horses, and the guttural cry of a snipe.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11
4  Then he heard the rattle of the wheels and the snort of the sleek horse close by him.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 14
5  In an instant it reared up upon its hind legs with a snort of rage, and pranced and tossed in a way that would have unseated any but a most skilful rider.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
6  Connie could not help a sudden snort of astonished laughter, but he went on unmoved.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
7  Mr Dedalus gave a snort of contempt.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  Then, with a snort of disgust, he shoved him violently down the steps.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  On entering the forest the horses began to snort and sweated visibly.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I
10  Occasionally the whistle of a huntsman, the snort of a horse, the crack of a whip, or the whine of a straggling hound could be heard.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV
11  Mrs. Merriwether snorted a trumpeting snort.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  The difficulties under which they had laboured all night, and which had found utterance in the most terrific gasps and snorts, are not to be conceived.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
13  Berkoot, the bull, was lying down with his ring in his lip, and seemed about to get up, but thought better of it, and only gave two snorts as they passed by him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 26
14  A deadened burst of mighty splashes and snorts reached us from afar, as though an ichthyosaurus had been taking a bath of glitter in the great river.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
15  The next two obstacles, the water course and the barrier, were easily crossed, but Vronsky began to hear the snorting and thud of Gladiator closer upon him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 25
Example Sentence:
1  The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again.
2  He was in the same compartment, when the other inmate appeared to pass out after snorting something.
3  She made a funny face and gave a snorting of laugh.