bleat
Example Sentences
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Trombones bleat, a tuba bellows, drums are the heart.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
On “Saturday Night Live,” Gilda Radner mocked Ms. Walters’ voice, which Vogue characterized as “a distinctive Boston bleat at once flat, hoarse and nasal.”
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022
Despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022
The 93rd Academy Awards ended not with a bang but a bleat.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021
He chattered, a cross between his dainty meow and a goat’s bleat, usually reserved for when he’s spotted a bird through the sliding glass door.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
