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trumpets

[ truhm-pits ]

noun

, plural trum·pets.
  1. a showy pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava, of the southeastern United States, having prominently veined, crimson-throated, yellow-green leaves and yellow flowers from 2 to 4 inches (5.1 to 10.2 centimeters) wide.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trumpets1

Plural of trumpet

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Example Sentences

Only they swapped out the guitars in favor of trumpets and trombones.

How we love that word—cue the trumpets, unfurl the banners, cast a golden light upon the White House.

The Obama administration trumpets the fact that 75,000 Americans now work in various ways for the wind industry.

The Daily Pic: Francesco Traballesi trumpets that his painting's almost done, after it's finished.

They call Rosh HaShana (the Jewish New Year) the “Memorial Blowing of the Trumpets,” and do not consider it a New Year at all.

Now see the confusion, the shame, and the fear that followed those harps and timbrels and trumpets.

And they fell down to the ground on their faces, and they sounded with the trumpets of alarm, and they cried towards heaven.

And he came with three companies behind them, and they sounded their trumpets, and cried out in prayer.

Suddenly we heard the blare of trumpets; the slow walk burst into a gallop, and then—well, it was wonderful to see!

The shrill notes of the trumpets sounded louder and louder, and a brilliant cavalcade appeared at the end of the mall.

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