Example Sentences

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Then the “sounds of Nazi marches with fifes and drums came through the radio.”

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2025

His supporters, some dressed as American Revolution-era patriots and playing fifes, were thrilled by Ramaswamy’s turn in the spotlight Wednesday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

You heard the muffled drums and the fifes that played lowly.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2017

Although it is not staffed by guides, if you press a button on the porch, a comprehensive account of the building’s history plays to the tune of fifes and drums.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2016

A band came by, playing an incoherent song, fifes and bugles.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara