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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

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

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

Despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

When people bleat on about the trail being too crowded, what they mean is that the shelters are too crowded, and this is indubitably sometimes so.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Like all the other animals, he expresses himself through bleats, grunts and hugely dynamic facial expressions.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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

Meanwhile, Michael Giacchino’s score soars between bleats of triumph and barbershop-chorus charm, a combination that can sound like an automobile show unveiling the first convertible with tail fins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

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

Out in the fields, a sheep bleats in the pattering rain.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

The animals bleated from behind a wooden fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025

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

I have bleated on about it a lot but that is the sort of thing that will make a significant difference to the England side.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2023

I met her in the enclosed, hay-carpeted barn where she spends nights; she sniffed at me cautiously and then bleated an abrupt greeting, or maybe it was a warning.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2014

I’d almost lost hope of ever finding Annabeth and Grover when a familiar voice bleated, “Perrr-cy!”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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

Sometimes at press conferences, we sound like bleating sheep.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

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

A ruckus of hooves and bleating outside alerted Anya to Dyedka’s return.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack