: a horn (as on a ship) sounded in a fog to give warning
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: a loud hoarse voice
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebNear Morro Rock — where tourists snapped photos of lounging sea otters as the foghorn bellowed its low, mournful call — Diego Avila stopped to gaze at the smokestacks across the water.Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 Toll station officials estimate 3000 to 4000 persons jammed the San Francisco approach when the blast of a huge foghorn in the middle of the span signaled the opening to pedestrians at 6.San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 The beacon and foghorn of Tillamook Rock Lighthouse were activated in 1881.New York Times, 9 Apr. 2022 If the property changes hands, the Coast Guard would still need access to maintain the foghorn and flashing red light. Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 2 June 2021 Like the irritated neighbors of the Hollywood sign, RPV’s prosperous insomniacs grumbled about the pulsing nightlong twirl of light, and so the inland side of the lamp was painted opaque white, and the foghorn was silenced early in this century.Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021 The sound of a foghorn is heard echoing in the background. Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2020 The name Cecil the Lion, on the other hand, probably sounds like a foghorn. The Editors, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2017 His performance plays like a series of mental ruptures, each with its own trigger: an ill-mannered seagull, brutal lashings of rain and wind, persistent foghorn blasts that merge inextricably with Mark Korven’s mighty score.Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019 See More