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Recent Examples of bray
Noun
Walk along the streets, where the only sounds come from passing bicycles, golf carts, and the occasional braying donkey.—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 10 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for bray
The jarring bleat came across cellphones in Tennessee Monday morning grabbing peoples attention.
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Liz Kellar,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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.
Not the grand slam that had Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal pounding his fist into his glove as Thomas circled the bases and Progressive Field erupted.
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Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Eighteen students who fled from the shooting took shelter at a home just down the road, after an initial group of them pounded on the door asking for help, resident Don Cygan told 9News.
How moo moo came to be be The Facebook group and the resulting moo moo movement began with a conversation between Huckins and a friend, according to both women.
The senior completed 19 of 26 passes for 142 yards and three TDs as Granada beat Monte Vista 19-7.
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Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
Analysts are often effusive in their praise of companies on their earnings calls after results beat expectations or a forecast is particularly impressive.
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