foghorn
Example Sentences
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"A person on board then used the ship's foghorn, waking the animal, which moved to another location."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
That night it rained and the light station’s modern foghorn sounded every 30 seconds, as it routinely does from October to April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 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
For now, no one’s blowing the foghorn warning.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 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
