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Discover LudwigThe word 'barking' is correct and usable in written English
It is commonly used as a verb to describe the action or sound of a dog making a loud, sharp noise. Example: As I walked past the neighbor's house, I could hear their dogs barking incessantly, making me wonder what was causing their excitement.
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barking
verb
Present participle of bark
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We're both too tired to talk, unless barking involuntary responses to auditory hallucinations brought about by prolonged exhaustion counts as talking, which it probably doesn't.
This time Dekker told her team to play with heart, and, in a gloriously over-the-top motivational speech, started barking that there was "no tomorrow!
Barking power station in east London has also closed, and EDF Energy took two of its nuclear plants out of service in August after a fault was found.
Here we have a prime minister who is effectively barking mad on climate change.
I'm reading a book about why this might be when my dog starts barking.
The government thinks the EU bonus cap is barking mad because its imposition will heighten financial instability.
I'm not much of a cook, but Bocuse didn't care as he ordered me about, barking orders in his Lyonnais-accented French.
A consultant obstetrician at the Royal London hospital, Joseph Aquilina, questioned whether "the CPS are barking up the wrong tree".
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone.
Everybody's barking about all the guns.
But the Labour MPs are barking up the wrong tree.
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