We could hear a foghorn in the distance.
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Foghorn
Synonyms for "foghorn" (112 found)
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10 translations across 9 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 霧號 /雾号 noun (horn)
Danish
1 entries- tågehorn noun (horn)
Finnish
2 entries- sumusireeni noun (horn)
- sumutorvi noun (horn)
French
1 entries- corne de brume noun (horn)
German
1 entries- Nebelhorn noun (horn)
Hungarian
1 entries- ködkürt noun (horn)
Japanese
1 entries- 霧笛 noun (horn)
Occitan
1 entries- còrna de bruma noun (horn)
Swedish
1 entries- mistlur noun (horn)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
It wasn't the fog I minded, Cathleen. I really love fog. It hides you from the world and the world from you. You feel that everything has changed, and nothing is what it seemed to be. No one can find or touch you any more. It's the foghorn I hate. It won't let you alone. It keeps reminding you, and warning you, and calling you back.
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Yanni's voice is louder than a foghorn.
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Night was coming on and, to accent the loneliness, from somewhere in the dusky dimness a great foghorn groaned at intervals.
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