Tomorrow everything would be his, he thought exultantly as the blare of a motor-horn announced Mr. Lecky's arrival. ❋ Johnny Pez (2010)
They entertained the notion for a time of selecting the two worst machines from the hiring-stock, painting them over with crimson enamel paint, replacing the bells by the loudest sort of motor-horn, and doing a ride about to begin and end the entertainment. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
It was a loud, startling noise, something like the toot of a small motor-horn. ❋ Unknown (2004)
As they spoke, there came the hideous cry of a motor-horn just behind, and John Bankes came to a stop beside them, radiant at his own steering-wheel. ❋ Unknown (2003)
"More extremes," he added, as a long, soft blast of a motor-horn sounded just outside the walls. ❋ Joan Conquest (N/A)
He broke off suddenly, and the next instant the two men started to their feet as the hoot of a motor-horn sounded loudly outside the house. ❋ Kathlyn Rhodes (N/A)
Billy Brewster groomed him, whistling softly through his teeth while he brushed and curry-combed, the occasional honk of a motor-horn as a car sped by in the distance. ❋ Margaret Pedler (N/A)
Birds, with ugly, tuneless notes that were not songs but cries, flitted in the trees, and the rumble of traffic on the road came up in the evening air, broken occasionally by the shrill persistence of an exhaust whistle or the clamour of a motor-horn, and above all other sounds the long-drawn, occasional hoot from a ship anchored in the river highway. ❋ Marjorie Douie (N/A)
The side-drummer, who played the side-drum, bass drum, cymbals, Chinese block, motor-horn, triangle, and clappers was a boy who had lost both eyes. ❋ James H. Rawlinson (N/A)
The old dame who kept the keys of the castle rose from her supper as the honk, honk of a motor-horn broke on her startled ears. ❋ Margaret Pedler (N/A)
The warning hoot of a motor-horn sent them scuttling to the side of the road, and, as Sandy smilingly watched the grubby little crowd's hasty flight for safety, a big green car shot by and was swiftly lost to sight in a cloud of whirling dust. ❋ Margaret Pedler (N/A)
With three toots of an ordinary motor-horn indicate the following: -- (_a_) contempt, (_b_) rage, (_c_) homicidal mania. ❋ Various (N/A)
He was about to enter his car when he heard the hoot of a motor-horn behind him; and turning round, one foot on the step, saw his friendly rival, Dr. Willows, driving up to intercept him. ❋ Kathlyn Rhodes (N/A)
He heard a motor-horn, and in a minute the door opened. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1939)
There was a rush of feet, a warning shout, and the sound of a motor-horn from the front of the house. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1939)
It was answered on the instant by a single hoot from a motor-horn on the little cruiser. ❋ Ransome, Arthur (1934)
Then in the distance the sound of a familiar motor-horn was heard, and through the trees could be seen the glittering brass-work of a car. ❋ Unknown (1926)
