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- noun Plural form of
bray .
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Examples
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They make an array of noises ... none of them pleasant .... from guttural clicks to Cobra-like hisses, and declaratory brays.
Eric Villency: A Magical Weekend in Rhinebeck Eric Villency 2010
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The real, living donkey named Pino eats, sleeps and brays in my barnyard and is so meshed in my thoughts and art, that it's no surprise that on the day I finally sat down to make my first puppet, a donkey emerged.
Katherine Dunn: Collaborations With a Sock Puppet and Why it Feeds My Art Katherine Dunn 2011
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Elsewhere in the media, Paul Krugman brays that "everything stinks" to ... um ... ingratiate himself with the NY and SF Chardonnay & Brie set?
MRV update, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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They make an array of noises ... none of them pleasant .... from guttural clicks to Cobra-like hisses, and declaratory brays.
Eric Villency: A Magical Weekend in Rhinebeck Eric Villency 2010
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With gravy running down his chin, he loudly berates the other guests with divisive, bigoted remarks, ignorant political, scientific, and religious arguments, and brays insults about the hostess's cooking.
Cintra Wilson: C-Word 40: A Man Like America Cintra Wilson 2011
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Lou Dobbs brays that "everything stinks" because he's found that it's lucrative.
MRV update, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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There were no animals except quiet horses near our unit, and you might wake up to baaahs or brays during your farm stay, but the sound would be soothing to your nervous system, and start to heal our deep and disturbing disconnection from the land that sustains us.
Judie Fein: From Five Star to Farm: How About a Little Agritourism? Judie Fein 2010
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The organization -- again, usually NOM -- wins the vote, and while it brays about how "the community stood up to protect marriage," the community in actuality deals with strife, hard feelings, broken families and generally not understanding why their votes to "protect marriage" hasn't put food on their tables or more money in their paychecks, or made their lives better.
Alvin McEwen: It's Time for the 'We Need to Protect Marriage' Con to Die Alvin McEwen 2011
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There were no animals except quiet horses near our unit, and you might wake up to baaahs or brays during your farm stay, but the sound would be soothing to your nervous system, and start to heal our deep and disturbing disconnection from the land that sustains us.
Judie Fein: From Five Star to Farm: How About a Little Agritourism? Judie Fein 2010
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With gravy running down his chin, he loudly berates the other guests with divisive, bigoted remarks, ignorant political, scientific, and religious arguments, and brays insults about the hostess's cooking.
Cintra Wilson: C-Word 40: A Man Like America Cintra Wilson 2011
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