(v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
(n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aside from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness was on average often the first symptom and began at a mean age of 36 years.
(2) The footballer said the noise of the engine was too loud to hear if Cameron snored but his night "wasn't the best".
(3) Epidemiological criteria for a causal association between snoring and vascular disease have not been satisfied.
(4) Patients who had nasal polypectomy as part of their nasal surgery obtained the greatest snoring relief.
(5) Diclofenac sodium suppositories 150-200 mg day-1 were compared with placebo in a double-blind study during the first 3 days after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 40 patients with habitual snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
(6) Alcohol consumption, estimated by questionnaire and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase was unrelated to a history of snoring.
(7) We compared self- and spouse reports of snoring and other symptoms of sleep apnea syndrome ascertained from married couples in a community-based survey.
(8) Snoring history was obtained from 326 patients and 345 controls.
(9) Snoring occurs in at least 20% of the population; 50% of the 50 year old male snore.
(10) When you breathe, air makes them vibrate against each other, which is what makes the characteristic snoring noise," she says.
(11) Emily Marbach In desperation one night I asked my husband, who snores like a train, to sleep in our repeatedly waking baby's room ...
(12) The demented patients were reported to snore twice as frequently as the control subjects (P less than 0.05).
(13) Snoring usually is trivial and unimportant, but it can turn into a social or medical problem.
(14) To select heavy-snoring subjects for a treatment protocol, volunteers were screened for one night, breathing air the first half and oxygen the second half of the night.
(15) Generally, associations between snoring and sleep apnea were independent of age and sex.
(16) This hypothesis is mainly based on epidemiological studies showing a statistically significant association between snoring and arterial hypertension; this association remains true even after data correction to take into account the increased frequency of snoring with age and overweight.
(17) The effects of prolonged snoring on alveolar ventilation and systemic pressure(s) suggest that this snoring has physiopathological implications on maternal cardio-respiratory reserve and indirectly upon the fetus, especially as there are recordable changes in fetal heart rate and also a change in the acid-base status of the fetus.
(18) 4) Pharyngeal size during snoring is probably larger in HS than in OSA patients.
(19) My study indicates that snoring may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, possibly because of the higher prevalence of an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among snorers than nonsnorers.
(20) The third and fourth groups were formed by 100 snoring and 100 non-snoring patients without risk factors.
Swore
Definition:
(imp.) of Swear
() imp. of Swear.
Example Sentences:
(1) Up to 15 Tory MPs, including the father of the house of commons Sir Peter Tapsell, spoke in support of Mitchell who was seen to cut a forlorn figure when he took his traditional place close to Cameron for the first session of prime minister's questions since he swore at police.
(2) In an address at the Woodrow Wilson Center in August 2007 , Obama criticized the Bush administration for putting forward a "false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand", and swore to provide "our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorists without undermining our constitution and our freedom".
(3) Ken Saro-Wiwa swore that one day Shell, the oil giant, would answer for his death in a court of law.
(4) Yep, that’s right – Trump may need to defend a law he swore to repeal from an action his own party took.
(5) The speech in central London to professionals working in the justice system is seen as an opportunity for the prime minister to move on from a week in which he was humiliated by the resignation of Andrew Mitchell after he had backed the chief whip to stay in his job following an admission he swore at police; botched an announcement of a new energy policy ; and saw his chancellor, George Osborne, involved in a dispute about travelling on a train first class without a valid ticket.
(6) The disagreement erupted after then chief whip Andrew Mitchell swore during a confrontation with officers when he was denied permission to cycle through the main gate of Downing Street in September 2012.
(7) Photograph: Joel van Houdt for The Guardian "I wanted to make it as luxurious as possible," said Barakzai in a tiny office at the base of the tower, where staff drank sweet, milky coffee he swore was the best in Kabul, and cans of Red Bull.
(8) In his weekly column, Matthew d'Ancona wrote that Mitchell has admitted that he swore, though it was not aimed directly at the police.
(9) Describing how his reputation had been destroyed by Rowland's "untruths", the former chief whip, who lost his job over the row, said the officer's claims that he called the police "plebs" and swore at them were "made up and disseminated" by Rowland himself.
(10) Pence also swore in John Kelly as head of homeland security.
(11) Early in the show, Angus Deayton swore live on air two hours before the watershed, prompting McCall to mouth "sorry" to millions of BBC viewers.
(12) Mr Duncan Smith swore blind this benefit shake-up was fine.
(13) "This seat is key for us, and it's going to be very, very tight," confessed the Conservative candidate, Deborah Dunleavy, immaculate in a dog's-tooth grey two-piece, as her leader bounced energetically up in tie and shirtsleeves to greet the assembled (and, swore the Warburtons PR man, entirely non-selected) group of employees.
(14) "When Rage Against the Machine swore on Breakfast this morning, some people felt we should have seen it coming.
(15) In an interview with ITN, the prime minister confirmed for the first time that Andrew Mitchell, the chief whip, had damaged the government when he swore at police in Downing Street.
(16) Crying over the bodies of his two boys, farmer Malam Abdullahi swore he would withdraw his three remaining sons from a nearby school.
(17) Human rights advocates, however, say Duterte swore during his inauguration in June to ensure the execution of Philippine laws, some of which prohibit serious threats, especially death, towards people.
(18) "I swore that if I didn't cut myself, I'd do this -" He chokes on his words and his eyes well up.
(19) Several fighters were killed, prompting scenes of grief at the main hospital, where brothers, fathers and colleagues of the victims wept and swore to avenge them.
(20) When Boyling went into the witness box, he swore under oath that he was Sutton, and gave evidence under questioning from the defence and prosecution barristers, according to a legal note of the hearing.