The patient was now breathing stertorously and it was easy to see that he had suffered some terrible injury.
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Stertorously
//ˈstɝ.tɚ.əs.li//
Synonyms for "stertorously"
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4 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- хри́пкаво adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
Czech
1 entries- chroptivě adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
Finnish
2 entries- korahdellen adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
- koristen adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
German
1 entries- röchelnd adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
Russian
4 entries- затруднённо adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
- стерторо́зно adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
- тяжело́ adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
- хрипя́ще adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hroptavo adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
- хроптаво adv (with heavy breathing, as if snoring)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Mr Lumby said, "Oh well, now the doctor's here you don't want me', and lumbered off, glad to get back to bed. Rita said, "She's in here, doctor', and led the way to the foot of the stairs where Mrs Dibble lay breathing stertorously under the dim shop light, still an abhorrent spectacle to Sadie, who edged gingerly round her and escaped upstairs, having no compunction whatever for Mrs Dibble's injuries
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He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.
Source: wiktionary
Captain McGarrigle, however, seemed to be in trouble. He was breathing stertorously, his throat and chest juddering like those of an asthmatic.
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