trumpet
Example Sentences
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Dan Schlosberg’s seven-player arrangement of Barber’s technicolor orchestration, conducted by Mr. Ashworth, was clever but mostly loud with prominent trumpet and trombone, contributing to a musical performance that had just one gear: ferociously strident intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Along with her demonstrated keyboard skills, she plays solid jazz trumpet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
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
By this point in his life, Beethoven has had it with weapons, the drumbeat of soldiers, the addictive emotion of trumpet calls to action.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
He unscrewed the top of the jar and poured what was in it into the end of the long trumpet thing.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing trumpet
Musical Instruments - Introductory
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Musical Instruments - Middle School
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Musical Instruments - High School
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