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The motorist, who had honked his horn at Baer, charged that Baer had shown his annoyance by poking him in the face.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nevertheless she stood there, controlling herself, until the motor horn had honked its farewell to a chorus of children's laughter.

From Up the Hill and Over by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone

He had honked loudly, at sight of her.

From Further Adventures of Lad by Terhune, Albert Payson

It's maddening," she said to Bert, later, when the intruders had honked away into the late summer afternoon, "But what can we do?

From Undertow by Norris, Kathleen Thompson