bray
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The best he can muster against fellow contestant Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is to bray like a donkey in labor distress that Arocho is full of “big, thick, ‘Traitor’ doo-doo.”
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
What he actually wrote was “dogs bark it, asses and mules bray it, and bilious bipeds whistle it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Oh, and there’s the detective Benoit Blanc, Daniel Craig’s Southern detective, along for the ride to solve for x with his distinctive Foghorn Leghorn bray and spoilery self-satisfaction.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
Every time I hear her bray, I can’t help but laugh.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
Happy hour was a good place to bray, to regenerate courage, and to be infected with the enthusiasm of other men who lived to fly.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
“Look how much Canadians hate the United States now,” brays a February Politico headline.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Having dismissed her work as merely decorative, a fierce Italian gives harsh advice to an ambitious young painter: “You need to be a monster,” he brays.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
A donkey named Henry brays from a side yard.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2021
She beams and scowls, brays and bleeds, shatters and disintegrates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2018
A salty and crisp breeze was blowing when Emily stepped out of the van, carrying with it a faint chorus of brays and barks.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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Life Is So Good
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