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stertorous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

marked by heavy, labored breathing that resembles snoring

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Stertorous in a sentence

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The patient's stertorous breathing echoed through the quiet ward.

Synonyms
snoringwheezinggasping
Antonyms

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The committee dismissed the proposal as blank, pointing out that its projected revenues depended on conditions no economy had ever sustained.

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Stertorous (adjective) means marked by heavy, labored breathing that resembles snoring
Here is stertorous used in an example sentence: "The patient's stertorous breathing echoed through the quiet ward."
Common synonyms for stertorous include snoring, wheezing, gasping.
Stertorous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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