steam-whistle

Opened its white-fangy mouth and let out a steam-whistle scream-hiss-honk, people recoiling from the rail with deliciously shivery little squeals.

New Race Joe Sullivan 2010

A bicycle brake caliper and cable control a steam-whistle valve, which unleashes the vapor in high-volume bursts that ignite as they pass an electric barbecue starter switch.

Ingenious Hellraiser Fires Up Homebrew Flamethrowers 2008

Besides containing the analogy of the steam-whistle that contributes nothing to the locomotive's work, this essay compares consciousness to the sound of the bell of a clock that has no role in keeping the time, and treats volition as a symbol in consciousness of the brain-state cause of an action.

Epiphenomenalism Robinson, William 2007

Hearing boys shouting and F'licit's steam-whistle shrieks, he had dropped the rail he was holding and rushed down the hill, thinking that she was being tormented.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

At daylight I was awakened by a yelping of shrill voices, accompanied by a great commotion in the water, and the short, bullying blasts of a steam-whistle.

Falk, by Joseph Conrad 2004

A sound like the constant blowing of a steam-whistle in the distance was said to be produced by a large monkey.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Then, the mill-hands who passed to and fro, or sat outside the fence, were a very rough lot; and five times a day you had to stop in what you were saying and wait for the shriek of the steam-whistle to subside.

Ultima Thule 2003

Didn't know nothing until Madam started shrieking like a steam-whistle, sir.

The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

I hear the locomotives rushing and roaring, and the shrill steam-whistle

Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000

I hear the locomotives rushing and roaring, and the shrill steam-whistle

Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000