fanfare
a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.
an ostentatious display or flourish.
publicity or advertising.
Origin of fanfare
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How to use fanfare in a sentence
On November 21, 1959, the Soviet exhibition opened to great fanfare.
Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite | Bobbie Johnson | January 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewSchumer and McConnell have yet to agree on the power-balance agreement that typically comes without fanfare at the start of every session.
Why Mitch McConnell Is Filibustering to Protect the Filibuster | Philip Elliott | January 22, 2021 | TimeYet the news was conveyed with little fanfare or preparation for the network’s on-air staff.
Top Fox News managers depart amid Murdoch’s concerns over controversial Arizona election night projection | Sarah Ellison | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostA major land exchange that was announced to great fanfare in 1998 is instructive.
The Government Promised to Return Ancestral Hawaiian Land, Then Never Finished the Job | by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica | December 19, 2020 | ProPublicaThe news loomed over an otherwise productive week for the Wizards in which they drafted a promising young player in Deni Avdija and re-signed their prized free agent forward, Davis Bertans, with little fanfare.
Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard says there are no plans to trade John Wall | Ava Wallace | November 24, 2020 | Washington Post
While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.
Yet few have done so with as much fanfare, star power, and consistency as the New York City Ballet.
Finally, my impostor account was gone, deleted by Twitter with no fanfare.
When On the Water was released on Oct. 11, 2011, it received positive reviews, but little fanfare.
Future Islands Frontman Samuel T. Herring on Their 11-Year Journey to Letterman and Viral Stardom | Marlow Stern | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut really, all this fanfare seems more like a howl for Washington's attention and a ploy for PR.
The fanfare sounds again, the buzz of conversation is stilled, the lights turned down, and darkness reigns in the auditorium.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyAt four oclock, to the minute, the fanfare sounds, and the crowd streams into the theatre.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThere were a number of chickens on board and each rooster seemed obliged to salute the dawn with a fanfare of crowing.
In Africa | John T. McCutcheonThe Herald now blows a fanfare and the officers march into the council ground with the colors and the color guard.
The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft | Dan BeardAt the sound of a fanfare of trumpets I was to go into the theatre preceded by a line of pages, and accompanied by my husband.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me | Hall Caine
British Dictionary definitions for fanfare
/ (ˈfænfɛə) /
a flourish or short tune played on brass instruments, used as a military signal, at a ceremonial event, etc
an ostentatious flourish or display
Origin of fanfare
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