- present participle of neigh.
Example Sentences
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Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
They are the ghosts of our future, neighing for us to follow them.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2018
We slept with the windows open and listened to the horses neighing outside.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2018
“When I started neighing instead of shouting, ‘Action!’ — well, that’s when I decided it was time for a change.”
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2013
She smelled the flowers and heard the neighing of the plumed horses of the funeral carriage.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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