clarion
clear and shrill: the clarion call of a battle trumpet.
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
the sound of this instrument.
any similar sound.
Origin of clarion
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How to use clarion in a sentence
Let its latest much-praised British stage adaptation be a clarion call for a stint on Broadway.
Bring ‘Another Country’ to Broadway: Why a Hit British Classic Needs Its New York Moment | Tom Teodorczuk | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe National Front won its first-ever first-place finish nationally and sounded a clarion call across Europe.
How Marine Le Pen and France’s Ultra-Right Won the Day | Tracy McNicoll | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is ground level reporting at its most important, at its most clarion.
"The Third Jihad" was produced by a shadowy non-profit called the clarion Fund, which now calls itself the clarion Project.
“We heard of the horns in the hills ringing”—that was how the poets of Rohan evoked the clarion call to action.
Yet the clarion opposes sweating and tyranny and hypocrisy, and does its best to defeat and to destroy them.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordLike a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanWe walked on so together to the spot where we first had met, and where first the thrush had sounded for us his elfin clarion.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonHe had unfolded the newspaper slowly and carefully, the sharp crackle of the paper would have been a clarion call to Agnes.
Time Enough at Last | Lyn VenableThree more steps will make a certain shot, and—out rang Jack's nasal clarion, loud and clear as the morte at a fox-chase.
British Dictionary definitions for clarion
/ (ˈklærɪən) /
a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ
an obsolete, high-pitched, small-bore trumpet
the sound of such an instrument or any similar sound
(prenominal) clear and ringing; inspiring: a clarion call to action
to proclaim loudly
Origin of clarion
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