foghorn
Example Sentences
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A person has been fined for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, a local official said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
For now, no one’s blowing the foghorn warning.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 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
Her voice exploded through the peaceful night air like a foghorn; behind him, Harry heard Fleur and Roger fall out of their rosebush.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
