bray - use in sentences

Object

  • donkey: Otherwise you appear to be a barking dog or a braying donkey.
  • mob: I'll get you, you braying mob if it's the last thing I do!
  • crowd: The hostility of the braying, outraged crowd scared the Englishmen.
  • suit: Get in there before the braying suits get their clutches on the place.
  • noise: The braying noise had come from the White Knight's donkey, Fred, who stood by himself, just shaking his head.

Converse of object

  • do: Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

Modifies a noun

  • while: Say that internet and went on the correct way bray quot while.
  • quot: Say that internet and went on the correct way bray quot while.

Modifying Another Word

  • loudly: Surely it would be quite evocative to hear donkeys braying loudly from the top of Castle Mound?

Noun used with modifier

  • donkey: Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

Preposition: of

  • donkey: They were divers, easily recognized by their cry, which much resembles the braying of a donkey.

Preposition: for

  • blood: If these stories were reported by the press, the public would bray for blood.

Preposition: like

  • donkey: They also make good guard dogs; if there's a predator nearby, Billy, the gang leader, brays like a donkey.

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