foghorn
Example Sentences
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There were few of the well-oiled protest features, including protest marshals, union leaders holding long banners or demonstrators blowing foghorns.
From New York Times
And they have turned Mr. Reddé into a leading character of French demonstrations, a kind of “Where’s Waldo?” who invariably appears alongside unionists blowing foghorns and battalions of armor-clad riot police.
From New York Times
But what it also does is present the need for foghorns.
From New York Times
Bridge employees include those with the never-ending task of painting the bridge — fog or shine — and those who control something that tourists do not see, but certainly hear: the foghorns.
From New York Times
Pence's big zinger of the night was a swipe at Lake — "Arizona Republicans don't need a governor that supported Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton" — which he delivered like a blast of foghorn.
From Salon
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