I am constantly reminded of that little chickenhawk feller who used to appear in foghorn leghorn cartoons. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Florida doctor tells Obama voters they are not welcome: ‘Seek urologic care elsewhere.’] Reference
A whistle shrieked at the pier, a foghorn bellowed. From Wordnik.com. [The Heirs of Babylon]
The next morning I am up before the foghorn begins. From Wordnik.com. [The Corners] Reference
This invention is in the nature of a powerful foghorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 15, February 18, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
The ship's foghorn blew three deeply satisfying blasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake House]
Sounding like a girl foghorn, she said, “Like this?”. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
Soon its loud staccatto rose above the wail of the foghorn. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
The steam turned a laugh quickly into a roar up the foghorn. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896] Reference
Audio attraction, what is that, like a foghorn or something?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2007] Reference
Then, realizing that my throat was modeled on the foghorn plan. From Wordnik.com. [Rippling Rhymes] Reference
The foghorn begins and the dog barks one time, two times, three. From Wordnik.com. [The Corners] Reference
The foghorn bellows day and night; the dog barks; the woman whines. From Wordnik.com. [The Corners] Reference
In the distance he could hear the foghorn from a ship along the river. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
As Tom supervised the loading of the equipment, a foghorn voice boomed. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
What was left of Elixir let a yell out of it like a foghorn and bolted. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917] Reference
HILL: I think instead of the foghorn, we should have played the "Vogue.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008] Reference
We had a foghorn guarding the moat, and it was lovely to see it operate. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
It drew closer, swelling into a foghorn drone as the lab door swung open. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
Her voice exploded through the peaceful night air like a foghorn; behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]
I steered the boat directly toward the foghorn, no matter how bad the fog got. From Wordnik.com. [Falcon Street] Reference
They flew in the direction of the most recent foghorn, not talking for a while. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
A ship's foghorn sounded a long way off and it sent a flicker along the nerves. From Wordnik.com. [Northlight]
The foghorn was lowing across the Bay as the detectives walked back to their car. From Wordnik.com. [You Suck]
The boat sounded it's foghorn at a couple of pleasure boats lurking in the channel. From Wordnik.com. [badger Diary Entry] Reference
Blaring like a wounded soulful foghorn to blues-tinged rock, Burdon rocked the house. From Wordnik.com. [Dwight Brown: Montreal Jazz Festival 2010 -- Bigger Is Better] Reference
Through the tense half silence ripped a roar like that of a mortally wounded foghorn. From Wordnik.com. [When the Lion Feeds]
She finds employment on the high seas as a human foghorn and lives loudly ever after. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Things] Reference
The noise of the cruiser's engine faded, and I realized that the foghorn no longer cried. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
This time she steered the boat directly toward the foghorn, the one thing she could hear. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
At 59 -- the same age as Gorbachev -- Yeltsin looks like a boxer and sounds like a foghorn. From Wordnik.com. [Yeltsin's Challenge] Reference
When he spoke, his voice was like a deep foghorn that had suddenly learned the use of vowels. From Wordnik.com. [Danger in Deep Space] Reference
He kept urging them to action, his foghorn growl of, "Come on, boys!" was a slogan of victory!. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
“I have somethings to say you,” van Rijn continued, only twice as loud as a large foghorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
Off in the distance, in the direction of the lake, can be heard the faint moan of the foghorn. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
Miles away, a foghorn moaned woefully, and now the morning sky began to turn a pale, airy blue. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Pursuit]
A Virginia staffer standing next to first-year Coach Mike London blared a foghorn at 3: 39 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [News & notes from the first day of Virginia football training camp] Reference
She could hear the Bay Bridge humming in the distance, a foghorn started to low over in Alameda. From Wordnik.com. [You Suck]
This time there was a compass and water breaker aboard, and a foghorn in the stern sheets in case of need. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
"You'll learn a song of your own some fine day," said the steam, as he flew up the foghorn for one last bellow. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896] Reference
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