foghorn

Example Sentences

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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

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

They swung around and above, the tern dæmon keeping close like a child to its mother, and watched the steersman adjust the course slightly as the foghorn boomed again.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman