vro-o-o-ing

Updated: May 6, 2025

In a moment the savage stopped his pony and let fly. Booth dodged sideways the arrow sped on its course, and whizzing through the opening, struck the black-walnut "lazy-back" of the seat, the head sticking out on the other side, and the sudden check causing the feathered end to vibrate rapidly with a vro-o-o-ing sound.

Henry Inman - The old Santa Fe trail : The Story of a Great Highway