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
He lets out a foghorn sound before he’s told to turn back over.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023
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
As I arrived on Anacapa Island, my vision of an idyllic slice of the natural world was shattered by a loud moan — the sound of the foghorn.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023
Her voice exploded through the peaceful night air like a foghorn; behind him, Harry heard Fleur and Roger fall out of their rosebush.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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