bray
Example Sentences
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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
Tako, for instance, refused to bray on cue even after they tried everything — putting a mirror in front of him or playing the sounds of other donkeys braying on speakers.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022
They bray like a donkey when they laugh.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021
It was one thing to bray about his late mother — a multimillionaire with a maid and a Rolls-Royce — using All laundry detergent.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2020
From the mountainsides echoed the harsh donkey bray of gentoo penguins, the screech of skuas, and the bellowing of elephant seals.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
