trumpet

Example Sentences

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Thudding drums, an electric guitar that chugs like a tank’s engine turning over and blaring trumpet fanfare announce the onset of football on CBS, Fox and NBC.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Saber-rattling trumpet and timpani intrude and are shushed away as worthless.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, to Puerto Rican parents in New York City, Colón first picked up the trumpet in school.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

The quiet of a Kyiv cemetery is broken by a trumpet salute, then a burst of rifle fire.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Instead I took my trumpet out of its case, wiping it slowly and carefully with a little gray cloth.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee