How to Use bugle in a Sentence

bugle

1 of 2 noun
  • Through the howling storm, the sound of a lone bugle cuts the tension.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Then, with his second bugle, there could be no mistake.
    — Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There was also a navy cardigan with loads of bugle beads that my sister had that then was passed down.
    — Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Depending on conditions, bugles can be heard from a mile or more away.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Leather, suede, velvet, bugle beads, inky denim, double-face wool.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • About a mile from the truck, Lou pulled out his bugle tube and ripped off a pitchy location bugle.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One of my archery hunters claimed him as a trophy after yet another two-hour bugle session.
    — Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The bugle horn brooch is constructed with diamonds along with three small emeralds.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Krazy George banged the drum and his roommate, Don Bogdan, played the bugle.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2021
  • An elk’s bugle is a singular sound, beginning with the high notes of a brass horn and finishing with a low roar.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • News of the bugle spread quickly and sent local hunters into a frenzy, scouring the forest for one last chance for glory.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Over the bodice and skirt of the ornate piece, sinuous patterning with crystals, sequins, bugle beads and more featured.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Two years after Baker handed him a bugle, Jordan got up the nerve to sound taps at a funeral for the first time.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 31 May 2021
  • Pleasantly chewy, the crullers made lovely sponges for the take-no-prisoners black pepper sauce, the taste equivalent of a bugle blast.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • Visitors may hear the haunting bugles of bull elk echoing through the national park, as males gather harems and spar for dominance.
    — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The piercing cries of the bugle, along with the ways in which the boys struggle mightily with the unseen force of the wind, are full of poignance and futility.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Eagles and trumpeter swans are migrating, and bull elks thrash trees and loudly bugle, while showcasing their impressive antlers in the hope of snaring a mate.
    — AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Seventy-four cabins front the red clay horse-racing track; when the starting bugle sounds, quarter and dollar bettors crowd the balconies and porches.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • All over the flowing fabric, silver bugle beads accented the look for an embellished textural element, adding a touch of sparkle and shine.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Hornsby plays Kenyatta as a man always standing rigidly at attention, a soldier who hears the bugle calling.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Later in the season, when most of the females are pregnant, visitors may just see some hopeful flirting and hear the animal’s distinctive bugle.
    — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The number, which retails for $5,990, features a sweeping neckline outlined by bugle bead embroidery and has a high leg slit at the back.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Trumpeter Murray Gordon brought two instruments in a carrying case in the event one of them failed, a silver trumpet with valves and a bugle which plays in one key.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • About 500 yards from the creek at the base of the mountainside, Lou let out another location bugle and the bull immediately fired back.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.
    — Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Some 4,000 troops marched in formation through the streets, their scarlet sleeves and white gloves swinging in unison to the sound of drums and bugles from marching bands, including one group of musicians on horseback.
    — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023
  • Taps is instantly recognizable as the somber 24-note bugle call played at American military funerals and ceremonies.
    — CBS News, 16 May 2022
  • An aortic aneurysm is a balloon-like bugle that develops in the aorta, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • For the Fashion Week event, Sánchez wore a Staud black minidress to her show, embroidered with jet bugle beads and a silver constellation pattern (her fiancé’s love of space shared across many mediums).
    — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Then, in September 1867, while setting traps in the wilds of the Sinnemahoning Valley, a hunter heard the unmistakable bugle of a bull elk.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

bugle

2 of 2 verb
  • Some cheered the kids on with blasts from conch shells; another boater bugled tunes.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The pace was slow, peaceful and quiet, save for bugling bull elk in the surrounding timber.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Campers here love the chance to spot grazing bison and meadows blooming with wildflowers in the spring and summer, as well as bull elk bugling in the fall.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Deafening screams vindicated my decision to bugle again and all resumed as before, save that the chorus was even more intense.
    — Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
  • September brings cooler temperatures and fewer visitors, along with fall colors and bugling elk.
    — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • Among golden aspens with bull elk bugling down the canyon, my Orvis Encounter rod and reel combo worked Adams dry flies past slack water to fish lying in wait, flawlessly.
    — Rob McDonald, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023

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