Example Sentences

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The bars were empty now, and the crowd was baying for more.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019

Ash has sniffed that anyone who thought deep cuts were possible was "baying at the moon."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week MCI Communications was baying at Wall Street, explaining that it will lose $800 million this year trying to bust into local phone service with nothing to show for it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Weeks earlier, the World-Telegram had got a beat by reporting charges made against Monaghan's ethics by an official state investigating committee, and shortly every paper in town was baying at Monaghan's heels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Across the river at the Mose Hobb’s farm, an old milk cow was mooing and an old hound was baying in his deep voice.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls