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The horses were neighing above the battering thunder of their hoofs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Facing him was the sad but stubborn heroine with the count beside her, and their horses, tethered to a nearby oak, were neighing and pawing the ground, impatient to be off.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The horses were neighing and stamping in the courtyard.

From The Honor of the Name by Gaboriau, Émile

The very horses were neighing and pawing the ground, in their impatience to be off.

From A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry by Lippitt, Francis J. (Francis James)

Horses were neighing, sabres were clanking; it was a noisy, confusing, picturesque scene.

From The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II by Wilkins, W. H.