bugle

Example Sentences

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City Hall, which dates to the 16th century, toots out a cheerful jazz bugle call several times a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Morris held the microphone with both hands like he was blowing on a bugle and urging the crowd to charge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

In the face of febrile bond markets, this week the faint sound of the bugle of retreat on the US trade war got louder.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

This is the position soldiers assume every day on an army post as the flag is lowered and the bugle call “Retreat” is played.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2024

A moment later there came the bugle call: Dan, Dan, Dan, Butterfield, Butterfield, then forward.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara