trumpet call

Example Sentences

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“It was after the trumpet call, followed by the roar of ‘Charge,’” Hilton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022

“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

Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom.

From "1984" by George Orwell