bellows
Example Sentences
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Trombones bleat, a tuba bellows, drums are the heart.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
A tap-in birdie on two and six-footer on the fourth were received with even louder bellows of encouragement with "Rory, Rory, Rory" echoing through the dunes.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025
“Of course it’s folly!” he bellows, his voice shaking.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
They liken the mechanism to a toy known as a stomp rocket, in which stomping on an air-filled plastic bellows shoots a foam rocket into the air.
From Science Magazine • May 27, 2024
“This next one will impress them. When I call, start pumping the bellows, and whatever happens do not slow down, or speed up, or stop. There’s fiddly work involved.”
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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