bleat
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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There is room enough for all of us, it has bleated.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield