bleat

Utter it audibly, and someone within earshot might bleat, “Ugh.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024

This is how Shiv, Kendall and Rome end up watching Connor bleat a forlorn cover of Marissa Nadler's "Famous Blue Raincoat" as Logan descends from on high to invade their musical bunker.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2023

Despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

There are those cute rodents that scurry about and delightful little donut-rolling sheep that exist only to bleat at you as you zip by them on Torrent.

From The Verge ● Mar. 11, 2022

And then it staggered and limped awkwardly over to Snarler, and it let out a high-pitched bleat as if it were in pain.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

A heavy quiet hangs over Theofilou's farm in the absence of the bleats from the sheep and the tinkle of their bells.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Sixty Nigerian dwarf goats are taking turns crashing their horns against wooden stalls while unleashing a cacophony of bleats, groans, and retching wails that make it nearly impossible to hold a conversation.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023

During all this, there are synthesizer fanfares befitting a vintage video game, along with some drums and low bleats for drive and the occasional unsettling addition of high-pitched noises.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

The New York media bleats endlessly about what makes for a “true Yankee.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

As if on cue, Carmine bleats in my lap.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The animals bleated from behind a wooden fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025

Ms Turner told the Northern Times it bleated out to her and fellow kayakers.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023

One of the 19 animals who survived bleated as Raptis grabbed its face to reveal the burns on its ear.

From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023

I met her in the enclosed, hay-carpeted barn where she spends nights; she sniffed at me cautiously and then bleated an abrupt greeting, or maybe it was a warning.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2014

Harlan bleated, rushing toward the white picket fence.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The bleating trumpet on the following “Before I Knew” recalls Mark Isham’s work on the horn when he was in Van Morrison’s band in the early ’80s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Players started bleating, serenading James with sounds deserving of the G.O.A.T. — greatest of all time.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

With his inane bleating on television about taking over the world, Graham sounded unhinged.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

At the top, a spacious bungalow stands next to a large shed, full of bleating sheep smothering the strains of pop music from a radio.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024

He heard the screeching tires first, then the loud, bleating siren next.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro