foghorn

noun

fog·horn ˈfȯg-ˌhȯrn

ˈfäg-

: a horn (as on a ship) sounded in a fog to give warning

: a loud hoarse voice

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Promptly, with one short blast of the foghorn, the boat lurched under his feet. —

Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 Fellow whale songs, murmuring currents, the occasional foghorn, perhaps. —

Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024 Emergency warnings—foghorns, locomotive whistles, ambulance and fire-truck sirens, air-raid sirens—fall into a special category of necessary, life-saving noise. —

Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 The military branch will continue to operate the aids to navigation – like the light and foghorn – but the actual upkeep of the physical structures and tours of the island are better suited to a different entity. —

Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for foghorn