trumpet
Example Sentences
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Born in San Francisco in 1947, Mr. Weir tried but failed to master the piano and trumpet before taking up the guitar at age 13.
At its heart was the most complete battle trumpet, or carnyx, ever found in Europe - and the first-ever boar's head flag standard to be found in Britain.
From BBC
The score has a military subtext—trumpets and drums are always interrupting happy scenes, and an ominous horn theme plays a major role.
But I do believe — cue the trumpets and cherubs — there is nothing beyond the power of voters to fix.
From Los Angeles Times
Firms that had banner years would lay siege to hotel ballrooms, trumpeting their good fortune with rip-roaring excesses more suited to an Indian wedding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
