How to Use trumpet in a Sentence

trumpet

1 of 2 noun
  • But Miles was that for the trumpet, of course.
    — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • There was an honor guard with trumpets.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 31 May 2025
  • My dad played trumpet and piano.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The band used flutes, clarinets and trumpets to play the songs’ melodies.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Yet Greenblatt is right to sound the trumpet.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The men standing hold trumpets.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Nathan works in software and grew up playing the trumpet and singing in choirs.
    — James Bash | , oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • String bass, cello and trumpet.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • Brian is a jazz trumpet player and a little bit old-timey.
    — Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • For example, a loud and high-pitched trumpet might mean an elephant is in pain.
    — Hazra Khatoon, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Due to their large trumpet-like blooms, amaryllis plants will enliven any part of your space.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Boards ask for plans, teams pilot tools, and competitors trumpet wins.
    — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At the center was a man who played an Andean trumpet of war called a pututu.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Stop the trumpets, trombones and saxophones for a minute.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The song holds special meaning to the singer as her father assists on trumpet.
    — Annie Reuter, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In the backstage hallway, a mariachi walks by while warming up on his trumpet.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022
  • And who would want all that with eight intake trumpets screaming just inches behind your head?
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The blowing of the trumpet isn’t just for the McCoys.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The trumpet player drifts back during a drum solo, then piano, then bass.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
  • While all have five petals and are shaped like trumpets, the size and color depend on your specific species.
    — Claudia Guthrie, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The trumpet is one of many Iron Age items that have turned up across Britain in the past year.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • What a treasure trove of fish, like parrotfish, sergeant major, and trumpet fish.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Large white tubular flowers hang like little trumpets from the foliage.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
  • Moore, who plays the trumpet, said the rapper energized the rehearsal.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The trumpet, the dimming of the lights and the rest of the showmanship are just a setup for the real show.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Paul was a solid student and sang in the church choir while balancing piano and trumpet lessons.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • From overhead speakers, a trumpet solo echoed across the platform.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Our angel’s trumpet froze back but is now growing and producing a few flowers.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The ranks mimic the sounds of other instruments, like the clarinet, the oboe and the trumpet.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Wear gloves and long sleeves when working with angel’s trumpet because its sap can irritate skin.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025

trumpet

2 of 2 verb
  • He likes to trumpet his own achievements.
  • The law was trumpeted as a solution to everything.
  • The conflict over the road was trumpeted as the motive in the press.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
  • And there's a piece of him that seems to take pride in that, and to use that to trumpet his position.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • And some schools are trumpeting improved grades.
    — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The big water pipes that stuck out of the concrete foundations seemed to trumpet a new age.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • This type of television trumpeted itself as good screen time.
    — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The brand is also trying to win over shoppers by trumpeting what isn’t in the packets.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • Many news stories had trumpeted it as a victory.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • The more Biden feels compelled by high gas prices to trumpet oil and gas drilling, the worse those divisions will get.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022
  • There must have been such a riot of sound, with lions roaring at dawn, and elephants trumpeting at the moon.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • The government has been keen to take credit for and trumpet the market’s rise, at least on social media.
    — John Stepek, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Some bubbly wines hide in plain sight, housed in bottles that don’t trumpet their effervescent status.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
  • And some locals turned out to trumpet their opposition to the president.
    — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
  • The typical politician would be eager to trumpet his or her access to someone who could be the next president.
    — Tyler Bridges, NOLA.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Lots of fans have trumpeted the praises of the Taylor Swift of sandwiches.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • There is a natural tendency of nations to trumpet their successes and virtues rather than their failures and vices.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • As the title implies, the show trumpets the artist’s idiosyncrasy, which feels ever more at odds with the cultural moment.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Some national reporters are quick to trumpet a rising assistant coach as the next Joe Gibbs.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In this case, neither side could confidently trumpet the science, even though their arguments circled around it.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
  • The message Abbott is trumpeting across the state appeals to Garrett.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Teens Take Charge has organized brief, weekly strikes at schools, where students trumpet their views on how to even the playing field.
    — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Missteps get trumpeted in social media.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Missteps get trumpeted in social media.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Missteps get trumpeted in social media.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But its loudness trumpeted a proclamation.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Brown hastily announced a deal that wasn’t finalized and trumpeted an eye-popping number of tests that didn’t prove to be accurate.
    — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Both Xi and Khamenei took turns denouncing the West and trumpeting their new partnership.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The slogans that once trumpeted hustle culture now feel dated and frankly a little embarrassing.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The president trumpeted the filing of the suit in a Truth Social post late Monday night.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025

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