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

The two presidents celebrated the “ironclad alliance” amid fife and drums on the White House lawn ahead of their high-level meetings and a state dinner.

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2023

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

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020

As the man struck a martial tattoo on his drum, another man in period costume began playing a fife and leading Heather’s class in circles outside George Washington’s iconic white-columned home.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017

No one had a right to take such frightful risks with his fife.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller