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Meanings of bray in English
Usage of bray in English
1
Great was the astonishment when one of the donkeys began to bray.
2
The donkey gave a loud bray and kicked up its heels wildly.
3
The fiend began to groan and bray-he was daunted and beat off.
4
The lieutenant laughed a harsh bray and raised his glass in salute.
5
If you could bray like the donkey, I'd be the roaring bull.
6
And a mouth-organ's cheery bray coming from the bowels of the earth.
7
It will cost you nothin', sir; I bray you do not doubt--
8
Then he heard it-notquite a bray, but a kind of moaning.
9
The Empress laughed, a peal with a donkey's bray edge on it.
10
I repeat, sir, I am not an ass-ifI do bray sometimes.
11
Say, I'll bet my head I bray in my sleep, don't I?
12
Doesn't bray, nor whinny, nor growl, nor bark, nor-can't do anything.
13
The sharp bark of the monkey mingled with the bray of the conch.
14
They heard the yelling of the door-touts, and the bray of discordant music.
15
She heard a long bray of pain that faded as the hound fled.
16
Until nightfall, the ophicleides will bellow, the fifes tootle and the cornets bray.
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United Kingdom
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