toot
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"I don't mean to toot my own horn," he says, before sharing how the pair released a freestyle together on Kenny's channel in 2020.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
If I may toot my own horn here, I don’t think I’ve slipped much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Why barricade Holgate for three blocks but leave it open a couple blocks farther inland, where Sound Transit’s trains toot their way through a dangerous crossing?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
"Not everything is perfect rainbows and unicorns, and I don't toot glitter."
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2023
“Problem is, nobody worth a toot come for the ad. People come in here, they say they know silk, but they don’t know nothing. Just hoping to get hired and fired. Get a day’s pay.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
On Monday afternoon, sporadic vuvuzela toots and car horns could still be heard downtown, although unclear whether a holdover from the prior night's celebrations or in anticipation of the team's forthcoming arrival.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
City Hall, which dates to the 16th century, toots out a cheerful jazz bugle call several times a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
From the calls of merry market traders to the toots of check-out tills, there are many visuals and sounds that make up a high street in England.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
He found that every species he recorded produced some sort of sound, including quacks, bleeps, grunts, crackles, toots and snorts.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2022
I can still hear the whistle—two toots for French’s, three for Van Camp’s—and she and Chizu would be out of bed in the middle of the night, heading for the cannery.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
"He's tooted that horn real hard... so to take a stance was surprising to me," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Others simply tooted their horns and waved their flags.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
"Would you believe me if I told you I'm extremely tired?" he tooted on Sunday.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022
Churning pistons generate rhythmic vibrations, a belching smokestack expels eye-watering exhaust, and a blasting whistle — tooted often by an eager engineer — rattles the ear.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2018
An old-model car tooted its horn and skidded to a stop a few yards beyond me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
It’s time to start tooting your own horn at work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
As well as the fireworks, the players could also hear car horns tooting and police sirens during the opening two sets.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
People were driving around tooting their horns in cars displaying orange, white and green flags.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Without tooting my own horn too much, I'd say it's safe to say that I did just that.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2022
Strange as it was to be tooting my own horn, I had to put myself forward if I had any hope of a transfer.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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