foghorn
Example Sentences
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He got scared then and let out a honk that sounded like a foghorn with a bad cold.
From Literature
They heard something “like a foghorn,” Sue said.
From Literature
A large fire on a hillside in Inverclyde led to a smoke over Greenock and the Clyde, prompting ships to sound their foghorns.
From BBC
Fellow whale songs, murmuring currents, the occasional foghorn, perhaps.
From Los Angeles Times
The foghorns on the Golden Gate Bridge bleated their different tones.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
