horn

Example Sentences

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As a musician, the sounds escaping his horn seemed to rise from some far larger, internal furnace of intellectual and spiritual restlessness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

“I used to blow my horn back at the boats when the boats would blow,” he told the Washington Post.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Work paused frequently as workers uncovered thousands of fossils, including a 2-foot bison horn and camel shin bone, dating back to the Ice Age.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The artwork depicts a fantastical creature combining multiple striking features, including a spiral horn, elongated snout, hooked teeth, wings, and a serpentine tail.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

I was going to say “I don’t know” or “Who cares”—something so loose that Imogene wouldn’t want to waste her time—but as usual Alice had to blow her own horn.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson