bleat

Example Sentences

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Trombones bleat, a tuba bellows, drums are the heart.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Utter it audibly, and someone within earshot might bleat, “Ugh.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

Around him in the fenced-in yard, four goats bleat and 18 turkeys and more than 20 chickens peck at the grass.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

At a recent rehearsal, despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling, Sarah Diamond reports in The Times.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

But the goats began to bleat happily, and the chickens talked all together.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen