How to Use trumpeter in a Sentence

trumpeter

noun
  • The trumpeter who has been turned blue-black in the club’s dark?
    — Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
  • On the album, the trumpeter levels up as a singer and front man.
    — Mark Yarm, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The band will be joined by Hill, a young trumpeter burning up the scene.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Indeed, McGurn did go on to live his dream as a jazz trumpeter.
    — Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 14 June 2017
  • Stanley -- the trumpeter of the dawn of the age of television.
    — Dick Feagler, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2020
  • That was the case with a photo of jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The Grammy-winning Latin jazz trumpeter and his crew do their thing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • His father was a trumpeter in the big-band era and later a car salesman, and his mother was a nurse.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • There’s a lone trumpeter to the side, wearing a black tunic and looking like Death.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Having recovered from his first surgery, the trumpeter is raring to go.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
  • More than 69 trumpeter swans were spotted on George Lake this year at one time.
    — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The trumpeter, 47, has been a steady presence on the Chicago scene for decades.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Soon after, Troupe found himself on the legendary jazz trumpeter’s doorstep.
    — Peter Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Jones had a long career as a composer and trumpeter who broke down racial boundaries in music and film.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
  • After the dancers finished, a trumpeter started playing to the beat of the music.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Bria Skonberg Quartet The singer and trumpeter leads her jazz band.
    — Carrie Donovan, Washington Post, 7 June 2017
  • An airport police honor guard then performed a 21-gun salute and a trumpeter played taps.
    — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2021
  • The ballads, though, are where the trumpeter puts on his Harmon mute and things turn magical.
    — Natalie Weiner, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
  • The trumpeter describes the structure of the novel as being akin to the chorus format used in jazz.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2021
  • Verve Records has announced a new album from the late jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The trumpeter, singer and composer started playing the horn at 14.
    — Christopher Torchia, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The recording by Armstrong shows the trumpeter’s prowess in the intro and solo.
    — USA Today, 22 Feb. 2021
  • At that point, the trumpeter was working in a quintet setting — minus Ravi Coltrane.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • The long-running big band led by trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Miri is an outstanding trumpeter and vocalist.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • His dad played a sax player in the movie alongside Denzel Washington as a jazz trumpeter.
    — Jane Lacroix, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Top San Diego trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos will lead the band at this tribute concert.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The trio was soon joined by trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes.
    — Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Miles Davis, the American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, was the starting point for the eyewear range.
    — Violet Goldstone, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Louis Armstrong’s importance to the art of jazz remains undiminished, the trumpeter the face of the music around the world.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2019

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