How to Use cornet in a Sentence

cornet

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  • Gorham noted Janzen started in band in the fourth grade on cornet.
    — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The result of this was a loud blast on the cornet caused by a spasmodic laugh into it.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The band is the oldest continuing cornet band in the country.
    — Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The Karnofskys loaned Armstrong money for his first cornet. ...
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The album was made in small groups using voice, cornet, trombone, clarinet, piano, banjo, and, in one case, feet.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, Town & Country, 23 Nov. 2020
  • There’s a conch shell trumpet from Mexico and a cornet owned by Louis Armstrong’s teacher.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Her father, Nicholas, ran a tavern and a dance hall and played cornet professionally.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Perhaps the point is the flimsiness of such royal symbols, but the toy cornet robs Harvard’s Oedipus of some dignity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Armstrong purchased his first cornet (a brass instrument shorter and wider than a trumpet) with money loaned from the Karnofskys.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The late Chadwick Boseman received a nod for male actor in a leading role for his role as Levee, a trumpet and cornet player in Rainey’s band, but that character is fictional.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2021
  • It’s scored for a chamber ensemble of violin and double bass, clarinet and bassoon, cornet and trombone and percussion.
    — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • For years, townspeople cheered their amateur baseball team, held Sunday school picnics and ice cream socials and heralded their cornet band.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • According to the National Park Service, a young Armstrong worked for the family who owned the shop and loaned the future jazz legend money to buy his first cornet -- a brass instrument that resembles a small trumpet.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But the other conflict remains unresolved: her battle with Levee (Chadwick Boseman), an ambitious cornet player, over the direction of their art.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Gorham noted Janzen started in band in the fourth grade on cornet.
    — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The result of this was a loud blast on the cornet caused by a spasmodic laugh into it.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The band is the oldest continuing cornet band in the country.
    — Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The Karnofskys loaned Armstrong money for his first cornet. ...
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The album was made in small groups using voice, cornet, trombone, clarinet, piano, banjo, and, in one case, feet.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, Town & Country, 23 Nov. 2020
  • There’s a conch shell trumpet from Mexico and a cornet owned by Louis Armstrong’s teacher.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Her father, Nicholas, ran a tavern and a dance hall and played cornet professionally.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Perhaps the point is the flimsiness of such royal symbols, but the toy cornet robs Harvard’s Oedipus of some dignity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Armstrong purchased his first cornet (a brass instrument shorter and wider than a trumpet) with money loaned from the Karnofskys.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The late Chadwick Boseman received a nod for male actor in a leading role for his role as Levee, a trumpet and cornet player in Rainey’s band, but that character is fictional.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2021
  • It’s scored for a chamber ensemble of violin and double bass, clarinet and bassoon, cornet and trombone and percussion.
    — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • For years, townspeople cheered their amateur baseball team, held Sunday school picnics and ice cream socials and heralded their cornet band.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • According to the National Park Service, a young Armstrong worked for the family who owned the shop and loaned the future jazz legend money to buy his first cornet -- a brass instrument that resembles a small trumpet.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But the other conflict remains unresolved: her battle with Levee (Chadwick Boseman), an ambitious cornet player, over the direction of their art.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2021

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