verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
begin
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Presently, Pete began to snore .
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Confusion was ungodly, the hour was ungodly, and Barnabas had lately begun to snore in an alternate bass and baritone.
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Immediately he sprawled sideways across the cot in a loose posture of sleep and began snoring loudly.
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He stirred slightly and began to snore softly.
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He rolls away from Marjorie, who, now lying on her back, begins to snore faintly.
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As he began to snore , his side of the windshield gradually fogged up.
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The coroner turned, belched, and quietly began to snore .
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Then they closed and she turned over and began to snore lightly.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If you snore , it's better not to sleep on your back.
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My husband snores so loudly that I find it difficult to get to sleep.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a while some one snored softly, then grunted as he got a dig in the ribs.
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As he began to snore , his side of the windshield gradually fogged up.
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Before long, Pink Floyd was backed by a chorus of open-mouthed caddies snoring away.
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He lay down and in a few moments was snoring.
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Judging that Miller had been snoring long enough, he shook him till he woke, and made him drive to Turnhouse.
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Mum was asleep in her chair, snoring.
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The Nozovent, which is worn just inside the nostrils at night, reduces snoring by making breathing easier.
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Two out of 10 travelers complain that snoring disturbs them, and one-fourth complain about too much tossing and turning.