Foghorn is an English word with synonyms like alarm or alert. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Foghorn meaning
- A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
- A strong gossiper.
Using Foghorn
- The main meaning on this page is: A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats. | A strong gossiper.
- Useful related words include: fogsignal, alarm, alert, warning signal.
- In the example corpus, foghorn often appears in combinations such as: foghorn leghorn, foghorn therapeutics.
Context around Foghorn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foghorn
- In this selection, "foghorn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, capture, light, shrill, leghorn, therapeutics and welcomed stand out and add context to how "foghorn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a shrill foghorn welcomed the and as a foghorn. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foghorn" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foghorn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This guy has a dog whistle as big as a foghorn'. (11 words)
Taylor Jones — 7 p.m., Foghorn’s on W. 15th, Fayetteville. (11 words)
Its foghorn, known locally and lovingly as the Boddam Coo, fell silent in 2000. (14 words)
They include Ashleigh Crystal Hairston as Babs, David Errigo Jr. as Hampton and Plucky, Candi Milo as Granny, Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, and Jeff Bergman as Bugs, Sylvester, and Foghorn Leghorn. (35 words)
Then, in a moment of pitch-perfect Novocastrian serendipity, a foghorn from an arriving ship in the harbour interrupted Sara Barlow's Act Four speech as Titania, the fairy queen, with an extended blast. (34 words)
A pregame tailgate drew a big crown, there’s a new layer of turf on the stadium field, and a shrill foghorn welcomed the team and celebrated Navigators touchdowns. (29 words)
Example sentences (11)
In popular culture Film *In the Foghorn Leghorn animated film Plop Goes the Weasel (1953), a weasel tries to capture Foghorn Leghorn for food.
Diane Heath, who lives at the lightkeeper’s house, said the lightning hit the lightning rod, frying the light, foghorn and all associated circuits.
Then, in a moment of pitch-perfect Novocastrian serendipity, a foghorn from an arriving ship in the harbour interrupted Sara Barlow's Act Four speech as Titania, the fairy queen, with an extended blast.
They include Ashleigh Crystal Hairston as Babs, David Errigo Jr. as Hampton and Plucky, Candi Milo as Granny, Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, and Jeff Bergman as Bugs, Sylvester, and Foghorn Leghorn.
A pregame tailgate drew a big crown, there’s a new layer of turf on the stadium field, and a shrill foghorn welcomed the team and celebrated Navigators touchdowns.
Its foghorn, known locally and lovingly as the Boddam Coo, fell silent in 2000.
Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Foghorn Therapeutics by 788.1% during the 4th quarter.
Foghorn Therapeutics Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, discovers and develops medicines targeting genetically determined dependencies within the chromatin regulatory system.
This guy has a dog whistle as big as a foghorn'.
Foghorn was a bit likeable, and had occasional wins…but yep, there are strong similarities in the presentation.
Taylor Jones — 7 p.m., Foghorn’s on W. 15th, Fayetteville.
Common combinations with foghorn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: