trumpet of doom
Example Sentences
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If this last sound did not rouse her, I think the trumpet of doom will scarcely reach her soul.”
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet
Rain beat in Kenny's ears like a trumpet of doom.
From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre
The trumpet of doom would not have astonished him more.
From The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story by Musick, John R. (John Roy)
The crisis of 1847 did not break out without much foreshadowing to prudent men, but to the Rev. Josiah Codling it came like the trumpet of doom.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone
He was a horse that would not have raised up at the trumpet of doom.
From The Last of the Plainsmen by Grey, Zane
