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
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
He lets out a foghorn sound before he’s told to turn back over.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
To one side was a man named Callas with a snore like a miniature foghorn itself; on the other was Dr. Philobosian, who wept in his sleep.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
