bray
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What he actually wrote was “dogs bark it, asses and mules bray it, and bilious bipeds whistle it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Partners Stanlee and Bernie, who both like to bray, produced four of the 10 chicks, including Fyn, named for a type of vegetation found on the southern tip of Africa.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Tako, for instance, refused to bray on cue even after they tried everything — putting a mirror in front of him or playing the sounds of other donkeys braying on speakers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
He’ll bray, he’ll bate, he’ll prate, he’ll Berate, and he’ll inveigh, Then once we’ve been diverted, he’ll cause a new melee.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2018
From the mountainsides echoed the harsh donkey bray of gentoo penguins, the screech of skuas, and the bellowing of elephant seals.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
“Look how much Canadians hate the United States now,” brays a February Politico headline.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Listen to the harrowing brays of the donkey in Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” a satire in which the obnoxious, self-serving guests of a luxury cruise end up stranded on a desert island.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
Flockhart brays and Quinto bellows at harrowing volume.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
A donkey named Henry brays from a side yard.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2021
“His name is Charrito,” Pita said, interpreting the beast’s thunderous brays.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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