neigh
Example Sentences
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Children ages 4 to 8 will think they know what’s coming from the placid, old-timey barnyard setting, where the horse says “neigh” and the cow says “moo.”
“I hear voices shouting, a sharp crack of the whip, horses neighing in protest, the clatter of hooves, the skid of carriage wheels, the Incorrigibles calling, ‘Lumawoo’—whoops!”
From Literature
Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses.
From Los Angeles Times
At that, Samson reared up, neighing horribly, his evil hooves clawing at the air in front of the Huntsman.
From Literature
Horses neighed in terror, dogs stared into space, transfixed by the tremors, and in Central Park, an Egyptian obelisk “trembled from apex to pedestal,” according to a New York Times article dated Aug. 11, 1884.
From New York Times
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