foghorn
Example Sentences
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Fellow whale songs, murmuring currents, the occasional foghorn, perhaps.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2024
To the human ear, the hum might sound like a single note on a French horn or a foghorn.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.
From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023
Coast Guard Station Southwest Harbor, which is responsible for the navigational aid, removed the light for repairs on Monday and is still working on getting the foghorn working, he said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023
The protocol among gill-netters in such conditions was to lay on one’s foghorn at one-minute intervals and to keep a sharp ear turned toward the fog on the chance of receiving a reply.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
