neigh
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Even on the backside, it seemed like any other race day: Workers tended to horses who let out the occasional neigh.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023
In another, Catherine answers he insult of the horse business by gamely grinning as she replies, "I wanted to. But the horse said no, and neigh means nay!"
From Salon ● May 15, 2020
They knew their jobs and did them with nary a peep, bark or neigh.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2019
The horse gave a short snort and neigh, then paced around the equestrian center, one of eight shelters for animals affected by the Sand fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2016
Wynn had a laugh that sounded like a horse neigh, and it made us giggle even harder.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Yes, he neighs and whinnies and you can ride him and, as Woody notes, he gallops like the wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The natural vistas and the rhythmic clomping of the steed beneath you can indeed be lulling, but then suddenly Bismarck gets spooked by something and jerks and neighs.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2017
From 0930 in the morning to 1930 at night, the relentless patter of the auctioneer rat-a-tat-tats to the assembled throng against a backdrop of clip clops and yays and neighs.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2014
He has Denise play the girl, and he plays the horse, communicating only in whinnies and neighs.
From The Verge ● Oct. 2, 2014
“That we will,” cried the Major; and then out of the darkness came the trampling of horses’ feet, followed by a few neighs, which were answered from where the horses stood together in the court.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn
“He is how the pilgrims used to travel back then,” said Ms. García-Inés as Óscar neighed outside the old stone inn where the travelers had stopped.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
He neighed and neighed, his high whinny carrying with the wind.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
The horses neighed and slowed, but they couldn’t stop in time, and they collided into the first car.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 21, 2014
The animals neighed at each other and sometimes raised up their front legs, causing fear and pandemonium.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 21, 2014
Shadowfax lifted up his head and neighed, so that the stable shook, and they covered their ears.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
A hue, a cry, a gnashing of teeth and maybe the angry neighing of horses will be heard across the land at the debut of the newly redecorated “Little House on the Prairie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
They started outside in the parking lot of the Clemente, galloping and neighing like horses.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
They are the ghosts of our future, neighing for us to follow them.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2018
They’re sitting around the campfire, they’re tilting over and it’s so obvious – and then you hear a horse neighing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
She smelled the flowers and heard the neighing of the plumed horses of the funeral carriage.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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