Example Sentences

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It was only that Mukhorty, whether to encourage himself or to call for help, had neighed loudly and resonantly.

From Master and Man by Maude, Aylmer

He threw himself into the coal-mine in England that had been inundated, and tried to conjure up before him the horse that had neighed so piteously after the escaping miner lad.

From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

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 Wister, Owen

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?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

This was the one that had neighed, as the drove drifted further away from him.

From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by McLaughlin, Marie L.