Used in a Sentence

bleat

How to use bleat in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for bleat.

Editorial note

All you do is bleat on the web, and that's that.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bleat gathered in one view.

noun

the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)

verb

talk whiningly

verb

cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bleat.

noun

the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)

verb

talk whiningly

verb

cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"

Example sentences

1

All you do is bleat on the web, and that's that.

2

But all you can do is bleat on about your nephew being discriminated against.

3

"Then don't bleat about what I do and do not know or ramble on about "credibility".

4

Why did Sean O Sullivan bleat on about needing to issue, what was it, 15k visas to non-EU people per year?

5

Nothing will come of this though, and the masses will continue to bleat about them being private entities that are allowed to do this.

6

To bleat about having earned a place on others' lists now fails to favorably impress, for all that it's unsurprising.

7

When software engineering does things to make females feel welcome, half the male constituents bleat endlessly about how unfair it is.

8

Lead two sheep to the butcher's, two oxen to the slaughterhouse, and make one of them understand that his companion will not die; the sheep will bleat for pleasure, the ox will bellow with joy.

9

They're different, with different languages or dialects and different customs; naturally, that innate human distrust of out-groups starts to bleat.

10

You are 25 years old, you have your whole life ahead of you, you are still wet behind the ears in terms of learning your chosen profession and in life experience - frankly this is the bleat of a spoilt child ... "I could be great but someone else is stopping me from being so".

11

Do remind me, how many US government officials got punished after being caught doing illegal warrantless wiretaps?You can ignore the rule of law, as long as you are the government, that's not an issue as long as you can bleat "national security" enough times.

12

And hey, at least now you know what it's like so it won't be so bad when you come back next week".I suppose he must have spotted the sort of mad murderous gleam that popped into my eye, because I doubt my mangled bleat of "whaaabastardfuhnextweekafuhcrazy" through nerveless lips was all that intelligible.

13

Congrats!It does irritate me that the UK government bleat on about making business finance readily available then you end up face to face with the likes of Natwest!.Reading articles about the startup program in Chile and the building of a tech hub in Portugal I do wonder what happened to the innovation in the UK business sector, if the Startup UK website was anything to go by it's gone.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bleat in a sentence?

All you do is bleat on the web, and that's that.

What does bleat mean?

the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)

What part of speech is bleat?

bleat is commonly used as noun, verb.