foghorn
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“It fried everything. It fried the light, the circuit breakers, the foghorn,” Lyon said Wednesday.
From Seattle Times
His voice has always been a bit of a foghorn — higher or lower according to age, habits and the song at hand — but it has a rare emotional urgency.
From Los Angeles Times
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
He proposed a new song that celebrates corn, one in which the word corn sounded “like a foghorn,” Clark recalled, and the songwriters were delighted when they realized the giddy, tone-setting result was better.
From New York Times
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
