trumpet call
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“It was after the trumpet call, followed by the roar of ‘Charge!’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
“This Rotunda is a trumpet call to glory,” the speaker said, his voice echoing off the marble walls.
From Fox News ● Dec. 3, 2018
At 11:00 GMT there was a two minute silence during which Royal British Legion buglers played the Last Post trumpet call.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2014
To paraphrase that great fireballer Thomas Carlyle, this is the sound of the Everlasting Hot Damn, a trumpet call to life-affirmation, appetite and the great expectations of youth.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2011
The sound of a shot and the splash of a duck had had the same effect on the Labrador as a trumpet call to an old war horse, and drew him as irresistibly.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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