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How to use horn in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Horn means a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. Example: “The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.”

Examples of horn by meaning

nounThe hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.

  • an umbrella with a handle made of horn

nounA vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.

  • I guarantee you a mighty feast, horns of ale, and afterwards wrestling and racing and contests of strength.2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 143

nounA sound signaling the expiration of time.

  • The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.

nounA telephone.

  • Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this.

nounA peninsula or projecting tract of land.

  • to navigate around the horn
  • But nowhere are there queerer waters than in our own parish of Caulds, at the place called the Sker Bay, where between two horns of land a shallow estuary receives the stream of the Sker.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

More sentences with horn

  • The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.From the entry beep
  • The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.From the entry section
  • He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.From the entry toot
  • Not to toot my own horn, but I already knew all that.From the entry toot one's own horn
  • Dale Earnhardt just put the chrome horn to that lapped car in front of him.From the entry chrome horn
  • Blow your horn! That car is about to hit us!From the entry blow
  • In the harbor, the ships’ horns blew.From the entry blow
  • The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.From the entry smoke
  • Let me get on the horn with him and ask.From the entry on the horn
  • The horn section delivered a powerful midsong blast.From the entry midsong
  • Yeah, their jazz is diggable, but they leave something on the table by not getting funkier with the horns.From the entry diggable
  • Jacob sheep are polycerate, commonly having four horns.From the entry polycerate
  • When the horn sounds, take cover.From the entry sound
  • After a strike-out, it's common for the players to throw the ball around the horn (as long as no one's on base).From the entry around the horn
  • The ding-a-ling from the fire truck somehow filled him with more dread than its horn blasts could: for whom does that bell toll?From the entry ding-a-ling
  • Not to toot our own horn, but we def had Austin Powers on VHS.2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry def
  • The Tiiv of Nigeria kept bees in special horns containing powdered poisons.2023, Paul Chrystal, Bioterrorism & Biological Warfare: Disease as a Weapon of War. From the entry Tiiv
  • The Vikings did wear helmets, but horns would be pointless and impractical in battle.2021, VanHooker, Brian, Mel Magazine. From the entry buckle hat
  • Amid the noise of air horns, wolf whistles, and ghetto blasters shouting out old calypso tunes.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 158. From the entry ghetto blaster
  • The bully girl with a crystal optic and tin horn was at the jollification.2017 May 1, Peter Jensen Brown, quoting Leavenworth Weekly Times, July 21, 1870, “Bazoo, Kazoo, Bazooka”, in Early Sports and Pop Culture…. From the entry bazoo
  • It was longer than any drinking horn that Thor had ever seen, but he was not concerned.2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 149. From the entry drinking horn
  • He was Thor, after all, and there was no drinking horn he could not drain.2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 149. From the entry drinking horn
  • I went radio rental and started battering the car horn like a demented Italian.2017, Paul Larkin, Albert, Dougie and Wim, page 156. From the entry radio rental
  • James "Bubber" Miley "used to growl all night long, playing gutbucket on his horn.2016, Henry Martin, Keith Waters, quoting Duke Ellington, “1920s Jazz in New York and Europe”, in Jazz: The First 100 Years, 3rd enhanced…. From the entry growl
  • Antennal bases enlarged, forming straight bidentate horns, tapered and pointed ventroapically.2015 July 2, Dorchin N, Astrin JJ, Bodner L, Harris KM, “Morphological and Molecular Revision of the Genus Ozirhincus (Diptera…. From the entry ventroapically
  • He had a haircut, and now wore Justin Bieber-like bangs covering his horns.2013, Allison Leotta, chapter 49, in Speak of the Devil, New York: Pocket Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 351. From the entry Voldemortish
  • Jihad Merhi bipped the horn as he pulled up in his Land Cruiser outside chez Lattouf.2011, David Cullen, The Byblos Discovery, page 275. From the entry bip
  • J’soun removed his helmet to reveal the two small horns atop his head.2011, J. R. Troha, Swords and Talons, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry bicorn
  • Tip: ask for a horn of Zeese if you want to blend in.2011, Mim Harrison, Wicked Good Words: From Johnnycakes to Jug Handles. From the entry zeese
  • We hear a roar and horns and whistles; England have scored.2010 June 29, Glastonbury.co.uk, Trader Tales. From the entry flutter
  • He prefaced his next song with a row of hard, multiphonic squawks, sounding like a truck horn.2009 January 22, Nate Chinen, “A Single Jazz Band, by Way of Two Trios”, in New York Times. From the entry multiphonic
  • But a dumb jock who's also a single-minded horn dog—that's funny.2009 September 7, May Seah, “Top 10 television ignoramuses. Duh!”, in channelnewsasia.com, retrieved 10 Jan 2010. From the entry other head
  • So one morning he got ready to go take his daddy his toodling horn.2009, Carl Lindahl, Maida Owens, C. Renée Harvison, Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana (page 126). From the entry toodle
  • He collects his penner that holds his writing quills, his knife, and his horn tube containing ink.2008, Robert Hull, Merchant, page 16. From the entry penner

Meaning of horn

  1. noun A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
  2. noun Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
  3. noun An antler.

Full definition of horn

Questions about horn in a sentence

How do you use horn in a sentence?
Horn is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.”
What is a short sentence with horn?
“to navigate around the horn”
What does horn mean?
Horn means a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

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