Oinking

The sun was shining, the air smelled of jasmine and freshly baked bread, and she could hear birds singing and pigs oinking in the distance. ❋ Jo Nesbo (2011)

Lisa heard Bloodbath yank on the cord, and the birds stopped singing and the pigs stopped oinking. ❋ Jo Nesbo (2011)

Nilly was in the middle of a dream about a sunny-side-up egg the size of a manhole cover and slices of bacon so fresh that they were still oinking when he suddenly woke up. ❋ Jo Nesbo (2011)

Valmont and Theobold had nicknamed Henry and his roommates the Three Little Pigs, and sat in the row of desks behind them, alternately oinking and snickering. ❋ VIOLET HABERDASHER (2010)

As the economist Nancy Folbre puts it, "Some oinking can definitely be heard out there in the labor market, but anyone willing to follow the numbers can tell that the biggest piggies are not those employed by the federal government." ❋ Jacob S. Hacker (2010)

The worst thing would not be a couple of superannuated pranksters on a ratings-challenged radio station oinking at your picture and depositing dog food at your door. ❋ Jennifer Weiner (2010)

Mom rubbed her back as she crawled away from us toward the bedroom, oinking. ❋ Courtney Sheinmel (2010)

Giving it a vicious twist, he forces him down on all fours, making him crawl across the room, barking like a dog and oinking like a pig, while Virginia Hill, ear to the door, becomes sexually aroused as she listens to the theater of cruelty on the other side. ❋ PETER BISKIND (2010)

By the time they were done, they had a bill that only capped carbon emissions from electric utilities (not factories or cars) and was so laden with gifts for industry that if you listened closely you could actually hear the oinking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Its site listed things you could do with it: “share pictures and other media with friends; browse and save files through the web; roll around in the mud oinking and such; transfer files through firewalls.” ❋ David Kirkpatrick (2010)