bray
noun
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
brays
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pluralof bray.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
Listen to the harrowing brays of the donkey in Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” a satire in which the obnoxious, self-serving guests of a luxury cruise end up stranded on a desert island.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 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
Sea lion brays carried from Pier 39 as Emily and James walked up to their building after school.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
