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
Signs of civilization litter Anacapa, from the shipwrecks underwater to the runaway landscaping choices, from the lighthouse and foghorn to roads and buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
People stopped talking and stared up at the boy with the foghorn voice.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
