That a bittern maketh that mugient noise, or as we term it, bumping, by putting its bill into a reed, as most believe […]
Source: wiktionary
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
5 total sentences available.
That a bittern maketh that mugient noise, or as we term it, bumping, by putting its bill into a reed, as most believe […]
Source: wiktionary
Dire groans arose, / And late laments came plaining upward high / From the sepulchral cavern, that reclos'd / With roar of loudest mugient thunders dire.
Source: wiktionary
This Hodge has made a great fortune, so say persons interested in such extrinsic matters, out of his annual laudation of God's Kansas and Ohio noblemen who drink out of the fingerbowl, pick their teeth with the oyster fork and clean their nails with the fruit knife; and he has thus provided unfailing copy for the mugient professors in the matter of bienséance and punctilio.
Source: wiktionary
Sounds, latrant, mugient and reboatory, echoed above the city’s noise as, yelping and barking, the heterogeneous pack raced down the street, while boys and girls, armed with rulers and schoolbags, manoeuvred it to a vacant allotment.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.