bleat
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Only one of the castrati lived to record: Allesandro Moreschi, who sang with a plaintive, eerily haunting bleat, on discs made in the Sistine Chapel between 1902 and 1904.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Utter it audibly, and someone within earshot might bleat, “Ugh.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024
This is how Shiv, Kendall and Rome end up watching Connor bleat a forlorn cover of Marissa Nadler's "Famous Blue Raincoat" as Logan descends from on high to invade their musical bunker.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2023
On “Saturday Night Live,” Gilda Radner mocked Ms. Walters’ voice, which Vogue characterized as “a distinctive Boston bleat at once flat, hoarse and nasal.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
“I’m cold,” Snowden whimpered feebly over the intercom system then in a bleat of plaintive agony.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Like all the other animals, he expresses himself through bleats, grunts and hugely dynamic facial expressions - which is part of his global appeal.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
A heavy quiet hangs over Theofilou's farm in the absence of the bleats from the sheep and the tinkle of their bells.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Sixty Nigerian dwarf goats are taking turns crashing their horns against wooden stalls while unleashing a cacophony of bleats, groans, and retching wails that make it nearly impossible to hold a conversation.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
The New York media bleats endlessly about what makes for a “true Yankee.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Somewhere off in the desert behind Lita’s house, a coyote howls, calling for its friends.As if on cue, the chickens cluck, and one of her fainting goats bleats.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
The animals bleated from behind a wooden fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
Ms Turner told the Northern Times it bleated out to her and fellow kayakers.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
One of the 19 animals who survived bleated as Raptis grabbed its face to reveal the burns on its ear.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023
Goats bleated in the distance, while swallows and myna birds darted out of the palm trees.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2016
“I’m sorry,” Herbie bleated hysterically, leaping to his feet, “but 1 better leave now if I wanna catch the nine o’clock bus!”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
The bleating trumpet on the following “Before I Knew” recalls Mark Isham’s work on the horn when he was in Van Morrison’s band in the early ’80s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Players started bleating, serenading James with sounds deserving of the G.O.A.T. — greatest of all time.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
It featured several swipes at his perceived enemies and wild bleating cheers from his favorite sycophants.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
At the top, a spacious bungalow stands next to a large shed, full of bleating sheep smothering the strains of pop music from a radio.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
The sheep and lambs are bleating in the fields away behind me, and there is a clatter of a donkey’s hoofs up the paved road below.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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