trumpet of doom
Example Sentences
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The sleeping lion is not dangerous; but let him be wounded and his roar shall ring as the trumpet of doom in the ears of his enemies.
From The Nation Behind Prison Bars by Herr, George L. (George Lewis)
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
He, like Joan, was listening, as if for a trumpet of doom.
From The Border Legion by Grey, Zane
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)
He was a horse that would not have raised up at the trumpet of doom.
From The Last of the Plainsmen by Grey, Zane
