toot
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The orchestra warms up — there is the toot of a horn, the sound of strings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
By her demeanour, I also instinctively sensed that a polite toot of the horn was not the appropriate response.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
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
Not to toot my—our—own horn, but the Quickfire-Lightning pitcher/catcher combo is one of our team’s secret weapons.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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
The conductor would signal the engineer that passengers needed to disembark, and the engineer “would respond with two toots of the whistle,” he writes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
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
Contain your aggression to staring into its eyes and hurling toots and taunts.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"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
“That’s just how Big Wes would be. Wes never tooted his own horn,” Chenier said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2021
A bell runged and a whistle tooted and if you’d-a sneezed, you’d-a missed the whole thing.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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
Now, if y'all don't know me, it'd be like I'm sitting here tooting my own horn, and why wouldn't I say that's about my own album?
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2024
“I don’t like tooting my horn,” he said, but he continued: “You don’t have to be that big to know what you are doing.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
Madge and I do our trick or treat duet, singing and tooting in tune.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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