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Recent Examples of honk
Next came a honk that was lower in pitch than the first, with a slight bray.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Former Anderson Township Trustee Andrew Pappas organized a honk and wave at the private jet center where Trump's private plane landed.
—Scott Wartman, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
While fending off these undead clowns, if players use a melee attack, the zombie clown's horn honks.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Thousands of young people flowed into the Mbour stadium to see him on Friday evening, the air filling with the honk of vuvuzelas.
—Mady Camara, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Former Anderson Township Trustee Andrew Pappas organized a honk and wave at the private jet center where Trump's private plane landed.
—Scott Wartman, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
While fending off these undead clowns, if players use a melee attack, the zombie clown's horn honks.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Thousands of young people flowed into the Mbour stadium to see him on Friday evening, the air filling with the honk of vuvuzelas.
—Mady Camara, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honk
Noun
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2024
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The adults-only (18+) property offers bright, minimalist rooms alongside pop-up dinners, a wraparound deck, and the peaceful chirps of the coquí frog at night.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
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Sounds include white noise, lullabies, bird chirps and upbeat tunes.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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But their therapy session is deliberately drowned out by the squeals of a nameless naked couple romping in the back.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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The associate principal clarinetist, Ben Adler, led the opening upward squeal with exultant sassiness, setting the tone for a high-spirited romp that brought grins to the faces of many onstage.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
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Out-of-towners crowd the sidewalk to listen to a brass band, the trombones, trumpets and saxophone blaring over the march of the tuba and percussion.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Lester picked up a trumpet for the first time in 1948.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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And the acoustic details to amplify the roar of the crowd.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Rudolph’s free-form use of onscreen effects and graphics extracts in visual form the manic contents of this inner verbal roar.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
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But dolphins have complex dialects in the form of crackles, squeaks and whistles.—
Leticia Fanucchi,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
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Loud hums, squeaks, and rattles: While many old dishwashers do emit a loud hum, sometimes this can be caused by a problem with a pump.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
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For me, the Caribbean is the cluck of a rooster during sunrise, a coconut from a roadside truck to quell the afternoon heat.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Dec. 2024
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Her 8-year-old daughter, wearing pigtails, sucked on a lollipop as the clucks of chickens cut through the quiet of the neighborhood. 1 of 2 In Georgia, agriculture is a $83.6 billion industry that supports more than 323,000 jobs, according to the Georgia Farm Bureau.—
Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
4 Nov. 2024
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“Honk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honk. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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