Example Sentences

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Fifty feet beneath the stamping of zebra hooves and the trumpeting brays of elephants at the Louisville Zoo, a man-made cavern carved out of Kentucky’s underbed sprawls through 17 subterranean miles of limestone.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2023

A donkey named Henry brays from a side yard.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2021

She beams and scowls, brays and bleeds, shatters and disintegrates.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2018

And when his feat was thus complete – he’d won the Triple Crown, He heard the brays and whinnied praise for garnering renown.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018

A salty and crisp breeze was blowing when Emily stepped out of the van, carrying with it a faint chorus of brays and barks.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman