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
Miss Manners also does not look kindly on barking at tenants, business partners or relatives, real or assumed.
From Washington Post
The devices can be programmed with up to six tracks of various sounds in addition to bees that elephants do not enjoy, including barking dogs, chain saws, human voices, gunshots or screaming goats.
From New York Times
In the less than two-minute clip of the dognapping, at about 5:35 a.m., a woman is seen walking onto the front porch of the home and approaching Canela, who immediately starts barking at the woman repeatedly.
From Washington Post
Scooter riders cause Beau to become a barking, lunging beast, and so I've taken to driving greater distances beyond the city to quieter areas, to forests, conservation land, lakes and beaches, to places I never ventured before.
From Salon
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