fife

Example Sentences

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“Death to My Hometown” carried a faint whiff of Revolutionary War cosplay as several E Streeters temporarily became a miniature fife and drum corps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Items up for big include a private fife lesson with the resident fifer on the premises, table linens, getaways to other historically-minded spots, toy soldiers, golf packages, china, books — well, you get the idea.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2022

When Daudet is unsuccessful in discovering the source of an old proverb, a fife player advises him to seek it in “the cicadas’ library,” meaning a field where one lies on one’s back and contemplates.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021

There was a “Spirit of ’76”—three men with fife and drum.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020

Or did fife just flicker out like a dim candle?

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen