fife

Example Sentences

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President Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol celebrated their “ironclad alliance” Wednesday amid fife and drums on the White House lawn ahead of high-level meetings and a state dinner.

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2023

There was a “Spirit of ’76”—three men with fife and drum.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020

Here camp and its covert campaign of subversion feel wonderfully urgent and necessary: the gap-toothed fife player in the march toward “nonbinary.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2019

Giroud, by the way, has his head taped like he had to put down his fife and drum to come on.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018

Mark watched, and hoped for a day when fife could be good and safe again.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner