Example Sentences

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Larks are trilling; pouter-pigeons cooing; noiselessly the swallows dart to and fro; horses are neighing and munching; the dogs do not bark and stand peaceably wagging their tails.

From Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Garnett, Constance

The shaggy little nags of the Huns are neighing in the streets of Constantinople.

From The Scarlet Banner by Dahn, Felix

Ride forth, therefore: your horses are neighing in the stall, as your worship says, and you might almost have added that the Señor Antonio is neighing in the house. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

My resolution is taken: I shall mount my horses, which are neighing in the stable, and betake myself to the villages and plains of dusty Spain. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

My horses are neighing: The morning twilight is near.

From Faust by Taylor, Bayard