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- verb Past participle of
bray
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Examples
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On a recent day, Christoforos and Fotis brayed and gently butted visitors to their estate.
Hee Haw! Donkeys Get Last Laugh As One Greek Tragedy Ends Happily Sara Schaefer Muñoz 2011
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Reality: One of them, Agnes, who has thin dingy gray hair, lips moist with slobber, and is as tall as she is wide, brayed at me that she and her friends where supposed to meet my grandmother there to play pinochle, but that my grandmother wasn't home yet.
John Shore: Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire John Shore 2012
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Gwydra turned a scornful gaze toward Carega, brayed a sneering laugh, then fingered the topaz at her throat and vanished back into the castle.
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Hairy-chested poseur and Sarkozy foreign-policy adviser Bernard-Henri Levy sneeringly referred to "the chambermaid," brayed about DSK's high standing, and called him "a friend to women."
A Week of Shocks but Few Surprises Peggy Noonan 2011
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Shaken by the attack, they cackled loudly, brayed and barked in a furious frenzy.
Joe Peyronnin: Life in the Serengeti Joe Peyronnin 2011
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It also offers a prime taunting spot: During several Phillies games this week, more than 200 knotholers heckled Philadelphia players on the field: "Worthless!" they brayed at right fielder Jayson Werth, who ignored them.
Watching Baseball Through 'Knothole' Isn't Naughty When Giants Play Jim Carlton 2010
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But the live show still holds out the promise of hearing songs such as "Welcome to the Jungle," "Patience" and "Paradise City," brayed by the sinuous star who made them anthems.
Welcome Back To the Jungle Andy Battaglia 2012
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On the other hand, there would be a small army of repugs ready to step up when the first one tired, and Fox would have brayed about how courageous and righteous they are do suffer in this way to do the “right thing,” so my theory that the public spectacle would discourage them could be futile.
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It is a question that exposes Republicans -- particularly Tea Party Republicans -- the ersatz populists who brayed against the bank bailout in the election, and then have worked tirelessly to rollback any reforms, gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and reopen the financial casino.
Robert L. Borosage: Whose Side Are You On: The Moral Clarity of Occupy Wall Street Robert L. Borosage 2011
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Shaken by the attack, they cackled loudly, brayed and barked in a furious frenzy.
Joe Peyronnin: Life in the Serengeti Joe Peyronnin 2011
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