foghorn
Example Sentences
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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
If the gulls can learn to accept the foghorn, I guess I can, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
He listened and then finally, at about one- thirty, he laid hard on his foghorn.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
