trumpet
Example Sentences
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“We don’t want to be blowing our own trumpet,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
When she pulls a trumpet out of the bag, her eyes widen and her brothers whoop.
From Literature
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Her campaign is so new that she hasn’t even built a website trumpeting her priorities.
From Los Angeles Times
The quiet of a Kyiv cemetery is broken by a trumpet salute, then a burst of rifle fire.
From BBC
Originally composed by Waller for a Harlem revue called “Connie’s Hot Chocolate,” it moved to Broadway with Louis Armstrong performing the rousing trumpet solo.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.