How to use bugle in a sentence
14 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective
Bugle means a horn used by hunters. Example: “And the riddle diddle do, And the bugle's horn, For into the woods we'll run, brave boys, And into the woods we'll run.”
Examples of bugle by meaning
nounThe sound of something that bugles.
- the bugle of an elk
nounA sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
- And the riddle diddle do, And the bugle's horn, For into the woods we'll run, brave boys, And into the woods we'll run.1928, Lora Sarah La Mance, The House of Waltman and Its Allied Families, page 17
- a hunting horn, origin. made of the horn of a "bugle" or wild ox1992, William Shakespeare, Holger Klein, Much Ado about Nothing: A New Critical Edition, page 145
verbTo announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.
- “It was as though the very constellations knew our impending sorrow,” he bugled, his head raised to the ceiling, his voice full-throated.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 128
nounA tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim.
- Billionaires wear hoodies and sneakers, not taffeta and bugle beads.2026 January 20, Vanessa Friedman, “The Way ‘Rich’ Once Looked”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN...
More sentences with bugle
- The bugle called, a twiddly bit and then one long note.2011, Gavin Lyall, All Honourable Men. From the entry twiddly
- Translating into English from Strine, this is a bionic hooter, conk, bugle or nose.1989 July 8, “Ariadne”, in New Scientist, page 120. From the entry Strine
- Down at the corner, carols bugled steamily from a mission soup-kitchen.1953 December, Hortense Calisher, “A Christmas Carillon: A Story”, in John Fischer, editor, Harper’s Magazine, volume 207, number 1243…. From the entry alleluia
- Spreading ground covers for shady areas include dead nettles (Lamium) and carpet bugles (Ajuga), with attractively variegated leaves.2021, Allan Haschick, Gardening in the Shade in South Africa. From the entry carpet bugle
- Said of a bugle or horn when borne with rings of a different tincture from the bugle itself.1908, Arthur Francis Pimbley, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: Together with an Illustrated Supplement, page 67. From the entry virole
- We hold their homes!—no bugle blows A weedman's homely deeds!1906, The Independent, page 1024. From the entry weedman
- The California sun was doing what the Chamber of Commerce says it always does; bees were buzzing; larks were bugling; orange marigolds were blooming by the acreful.1944, Arnold Gingrich, Coronet - Volume 16, page 40. From the entry acreful
- From the darkness came the howls of routs of wolves and bands of coyotes, the rumbling growls of a sleuth of bears or the bugles of a gang of elk.2007, Elinor DeWire, The Lightkeepers’ Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, page 200. From the entry sleuth
- And she has half a mind to weep again now, for Jack Brotherhood, as the front doorbell sounds through the house like a bugle call, three short peals as ever.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy. From the entry peal
Meaning of bugle
- noun A horn used by hunters.
- noun A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series.
- noun The sound of something that bugles.
Questions about bugle in a sentence
- How do you use bugle in a sentence?
- Bugle is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “And the riddle diddle do, And the bugle's horn, For into the woods we'll run, brave boys, And into the woods we'll run.”
- What is a short sentence with bugle?
- “the bugle of an elk”
- What does bugle mean?
- Bugle means a horn used by hunters.
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