foghorn

Example Sentences

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To the human ear, the hum might sound like a single note on a French horn or a foghorn.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

He lets out a foghorn sound before he’s told to turn back over.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023

Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

Signs of civilization litter Anacapa, from the shipwrecks underwater to the runaway landscaping choices, from the lighthouse and foghorn to roads and buildings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

People stopped talking and stared up at the boy with the foghorn voice.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis