neigh

Example Sentences

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By first light there was the shuffling of feet to be heard, and creaking cartwheels and occasionally a neighing horse.

From Literature

Granda had said if you bent your ear to the water on a dark night, you might hear the horses neighing.

From Literature

Before he could move, a high neighing rang out, and down the hill galloped a horse with a horn of pure-bright silver.

From Literature

Children ages 4 to 8 will think they know what’s coming from the placid, old-timey barnyard setting, where the horse says “neigh” and the cow says “moo.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I hear voices shouting, a sharp crack of the whip, horses neighing in protest, the clatter of hooves, the skid of carriage wheels, the Incorrigibles calling, ‘Lumawoo’—whoops!”

From Literature