neigh
Example Sentences
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Even on the backside, it seemed like any other race day: Workers tended to horses who let out the occasional neigh.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023
“A Naqqal edits his own scripts, directs the performance himself, and creates various characters. He does not hesitate to imitate the lion’s roar, the horse’s neigh, and the roar of the dragon.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2023
While Day’s half-time comments on the surface have very little to do with coronavirus, they epitomize the risks that unpaid college athletes are expected to, neigh compelled to, accept as part of day-to-day life.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2021
In another, Catherine answers he insult of the horse business by gamely grinning as she replies, "I wanted to. But the horse said no, and neigh means nay!"
From Salon • May 15, 2020
"Ah, you can neigh like a horse as well. Now, bring your hoof—I mean your hand—in closer to your leg, else your opponent might do this."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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"The Railway Train" by Emily Dickinson
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 3
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