neigh
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
had neighed
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past perfectof neigh.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He was beginning a third stanza, but stopped short; a horse had neighed close behind us.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
One boy who had escaped told the others about a horse that had neighed and whinnied so hopelessly; the boy climbed to the top, but not the horse....
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
The pegs were up; only the burying beetles labored where the stamping chargers had neighed overnight.
From Rung Ho! by Talbot Mundy
This was the one that had neighed, as the drove drifted further away from him.
From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin
Suddenly he laughed, a short laugh; it was as if he had neighed.
From Sanine by Percy Pinkerton
