bleat
Example Sentences
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Rhapsodizing about condiments to a ship of starving workers, Ylfa may as well bleat, “Let them eat ketchup!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
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
At a recent rehearsal, despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling, Sarah Diamond reports in The Times.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022
Despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022
"When I bleat here on page seventeen, do you want me to just bleat or to really let go and 'bleat, bleat'? " I asked.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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