trumpeter

Example Sentences

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As a young college graduate, Mr. Whitworth forsook a promising career as a jazz trumpeter to do a different kind of improvisation as a journalist.

From New York Times

She hoped to go on tour with her uncle, a trumpeter named Jimmy Burgess, but her mother forbade it.

From New York Times

Her uncle, Jimmy Burgess, was a jazz trumpeter whom she credited with introducing her to “good music” — the likes of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.

From Los Angeles Times

On the drive home, a group of migratory trumpeter swans flew over the car and across the road.

From Seattle Times

In the distance, past the trumpeter swans wading in seasonal ponds, crews filled dump trucks with gasoline-tainted soils.

From Seattle Times