How to Use bullhorn in a Sentence

bullhorn

noun
  • Most of them just carried mace, bullhorns, chains and pool cues.
    — Eric Markowitz, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Only once did the volume rise, when a man with a bullhorn leaped on a chair.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • One counter-protester moved through the crowd and spoke through a bullhorn.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The very act of giving bullhorns to billions is both a boon and a menace.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 29 May 2020
  • Near the monastery someone shouting through a bullhorn.
    — Chen Yuhong, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But the button on her social-media bullhorn is sure to stay hot.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Jon is not the type to direct through a bullhorn, barking orders from the shade.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 10 June 2021
  • Each stated their message through their mask and into a bullhorn as the crowd cheered.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2020
  • Bring out the bullhorn—and let the technocrats tinker behind the scenes.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The scene was described as loud, with police using bullhorns and lights.
    — Josh Margolin, ABC News, 19 July 2023
  • When the crowd was asked to put down bullhorns, the woman did, Pohland said.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Hubbard said she was awakened by their chants that were shouted through a bullhorn to the beat of a drum.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
  • By this point, the bullhorn had gone dead, the sounds of the event lost amid the chitchatting of attendees.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Facebook has to decide whether to give the ex-president his bullhorn back.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 21 Jan. 2021
  • One person held a bullhorn and played the sounds of crying immigrants.
    — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 30 June 2018
  • There, Griffin spent more than an hour addressing the mob through a bullhorn.
    — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • There, Griffin used a bullhorn to lead the group in prayer, the document states.
    — NBC News, 18 Jan. 2021
  • With a bullhorn, González yells a roll call for groups that gathered for the demonstration.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And note the fanfare and bullhorns and Cruise stunts haven’t begun yet out of Cannes.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 May 2025
  • Her family’s lawyer gave Banerjee a black bullhorn, like those used in protests.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Echoes of those shouting through bullhorns can be heard by those mowing their yards or working on their cars outside.
    — Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Others seize the moment and grab the pop-culture bullhorn and announce to the world that things aren't right.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 14 June 2017
  • To those protesting Khalil’s arrest, no amount of yelling through a bullhorn is going to change that.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Police officers used a bullhorn to try and convince the suspect to leave the home.
    — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2020
  • With the bullhorn, the group called for the director of the facility to come out.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The scar is hidden right underneath the nose, in a squiggly line almost shaped like a bullhorn.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Biden, wearing a union ball cap and carrying a bullhorn, stood with Fain at the picket line.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Hescock again told protesters to stop using the bullhorn, and the group stopped chanting.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • One of the officers produced a bullhorn, while a half-dozen others approached my car in a crouch, their hands on their guns.
    — Jason Brown, The New Yorker, 2 May 2021
  • Amid the jubilation, the man with the bullhorn offered a sedate verdict of his own.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021

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