bark

Example Sentences

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It is usually the dogs who notice the sound first and begin to bark furiously.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

These are the days that smell faintly of iron and wet bark.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

“He said something like, ‘I love trees, I love bark, I’m an arborist,’” Los Angeles Police Department Det.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Sherlock Holmes would have called it the case of the dog that didn’t bark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Nim stumbled and nearly dropped her flashlight, but she could see Selkie’s shape, darker than the night, and heard her bark, deeper than the wind.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr