foghorn
Example Sentences
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A person has been fined for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, a local official said.
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
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
A long, plaintive moan, comparable to a blast from a foghorn.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
