barking

Example Sentences

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Hannah, who works in social services, said it had been a "normal night" before she was woken up by Polly barking just before 01:00 GMT.

From BBC

The Financial Times reported that its chief executive, Yann Leriche, told the newspaper it had scrapped plans to reopen a freight terminal in Barking and to run a new direct freight service from Lille.

From BBC

Little wonder the past holds an irresistible allure for Bert, who immediately heads back and plants himself just where and when he met Carmen and Virginia, with Carmen making the same complaint about her barking dogs.

From The Wall Street Journal

“One day back, barking out calls and assignments and stuff, getting my voice working again,” said James about his first day at practice.

From Los Angeles Times

This is also 2011 when there’s a news cycle and stories about Epstein, so the implication might be that this dog not barking is about press accounts.

From Slate