This consists in imitating, with a small instrument called a bleat, the cry of the fawn, so as to lure the doe within reach of the rifle. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour on the Prairies.] Reference
"But you promised me ten thousand," he began to bleat. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman]
Sometimes they bleat like sheep when I shave in the shower. From Wordnik.com. [Beard-Men] Reference
Machines are easily made that bleat not unlike human beings. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
Higher direction there was none, save the perennial bleat from the. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarossa]
And he heard his own voice, strange in his mouth, shallow as a bleat. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
It came out a bleat, for no reason because I wasn't scared or anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
There was a bleat, and suddenly a sheep-like animal charged toward them. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
Belegir uttered a small dismayed bleat and reached out as if to soothe her. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
“The bite of the spear is more deadly than the bleat of a goat,” retorted. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
The stranger in the green suit crumpled to the ground with a surprised bleat. From Wordnik.com. [Music to My Sorrow]
The beseeching chorus swelled, and died away with a third bleat from Mamercus. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
“Are there not goats in ghostland who bleat at the wizard and the peasant?”. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
And, we'll talk to an author who says TV news is where the elite meet to bleat. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2003] Reference
MAC WOKE FIRST, the tinny bleat of his cell phone penetrating his deep slumber. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
And started to bleat in letter after letter to his patron, Ahenobarbus Pipinna. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
She looked at the Wildcat, and then from her skinny throat a faint bleat sounded. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
From the village came an occasional bleat and the voice of a distant girl chanting. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
A nasal, threatening bleat, rising suddenly behind, roused him to a sense of danger. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
How would you like to have a Lamb follow you around and bleat, 'Look at that Chicken!. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Farmyard People] Reference
Thurston wasn't shy, and rather fancied his bleat, so he said, "Oh! I don't mind at all.". From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
Each one (laden with the pic-nic baskets) then hastened onward, for the low deep bleat of the. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
It skittered out of the door to bleat indignantly behind the massive trunk of the olive tree. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
No sound was heard but the occasional howl of a jackal or the bleat of a lamb in the sheepfold. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls] Reference
Unfortunately the poor animal was heard to bleat by some of the soldiers who happened to be near. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
She heard a goat's bleat, but he was too late — she was already too far ahead for him to catch her. From Wordnik.com. [Melliflua and the Fauns] Reference
"Wad ye send me away without my honest airnins?" he uttered, with a whine like the bleat of a bagpipe. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
I pull out into traffic, hear the angry bleat of a horn behind us, take a deep breath and focus on the road. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary] Reference
Even the lowing of a cow in the yard, and the answering bleat of a calf within the barn, seem to mock the outcast. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
The group's latest album, "I Learned the Hard Way," bubbles with the bellowy bleat of a baritone sax and Gabriel Roth's bass. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural, Musical Roots Sprout Great Performances] Reference
The crane whined and its moving parts grinded against each other as if a robot had a growling stomach: ka-chunk, hum, bleat, grumble. From Wordnik.com. [Dump like no other.] Reference
But they were emphasized unexpectedly by a faint bleating sound rising from the valley, -- the helpless bleat of a buffeted creature. From Wordnik.com. [Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods] Reference
Lily admitted the charge in a plaintive bleat which softened the harsh language which her master was bellowing at his mascot in the din of. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
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