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Recent Examples of bray
Noun
Democrats are braying at rallies in the street for Musk to get arrested.—Rich Lowry, National Review, 7 Feb. 2025 The donkey's father can be heard braying in the background.—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 There was no braying and shouting that often marks debates in the House of Commons and speeches were considered respectfully and heard in silence.—Brian Melley and Pan Pylas The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024 The pack animals fiercely defend their flocks by braying, kicking wildly and charging, teeth bared, at potential predators.—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for bray
It’s often considered an enemy of development in the state due to its ability to slow projects to a grinding halt.
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Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
He was welcomed warmly and awarded an Order of Liberty by Zelenskyy, who is trying to rally support among Kyiv's allies at a crucial juncture in the grinding war with Russia.
This pageant of puppetry includes a flutter of butterflies, a goat with a plaintive bleat, a menagerie of wild animals and, at one point, a school of glowing fish.
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Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
Moments later, the bear rushes in, bites the fawn in the back, and violently shakes it as the fawn lets out piercing bleats.
The left-hander got pounded a year ago and thumped again in his first taste of big-league action for eight runs in five innings against the Washington Nationals.
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Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
Kamala Harris pounded Joe Biden over his stances on busing from the 1970s—a long-ago dispute that even became fodder for J.D. Vance in 2024.
The screech of an infected is the first sign of trouble.
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EW.com,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
The constant clang of metal and the screech of drills suggest the sort of work underway at a warehouse-turned-workshop in this Ukrainian city about 300 kilometers (180 miles) east of Kyiv.
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Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 June 2025
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