Baaing

A Scottish moor long bore the reputation for being haunted by a phantom flock of sheep, which were always heard "baaing" plaintively before a big storm. ❋ Elliott O'Donnell (1918)

The window is half open, and the sounds of the street come up, 'baaing' and bellowing and squeaking, the roll of wheels, the tramp of feet, and, more distant, the shouting of an auctioneer in the market-place, whose stentorian tones come round the corner as he puts up rickcloths for sale. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

Cart-horses furbished up for sale, with straw-bound tails and glistening skins; 'baaing' flocks of sheep; squeaking pigs; bullocks with their heads held ominously low, some going, some returning, from the auction yard; shouting drovers; lads rushing hither and thither; dogs barking; everything and everybody crushing, jostling, pushing through the narrow street. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

The DOJ thing is pretty strange, and will probably get modified, but all I can say is how nice it is that Dems aren't all on the same page, parroting the same opinions, baaing like conservatives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The baaing pulses, rising up and falling, the sheep feeling the wolves circling, their fear palpable, but  unable to flee the questionable safety of the flock. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sheep were sleepy, baaing just a little when she opened the heavy door. ❋ Kathleen Duey (2010)

The distant baaing of lambs as they roamed the higher slopes beckoned him, as did the late afternoon sunshine and the strong breeze gusting through the giant copper beech, a sound that always reminded him of breakers pounding the shore. ❋ Linda Buckley-Archer (2009)

Eyes that told so much of long lonely nights on that cold bare hillside, of lonely baaing at an indifferent moon, at other sheep who just did not understand about dreams, about romance and... yes, about love. ❋ David Hadley (2009)

Instead, I saw clear past the lot, unhindered by the bulky baaing beige mass, all the way to the baker's home with its bright burgundy shutters, which were still fastened shut. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I was in the Kansas City airport last week, and once again everyone lined up to get on the plane baaing and twitching their little tails, just because someone said to. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We continued to shuffle in big circles, and now both Nudge and Total were baaing occasionally. ❋ Patterson, James, 1947- (2007)