French horn
noun
a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.
French horns
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pluralof French horn.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many movements were beautiful, led by French horns and harp, while other passages had a just-askew musical logic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
It was amazing thing to collaborate with an orchestra and have someone playing French horns over a synth horn that I constructed a melody, and have it come to life being mixed and mastered.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2022
“Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” were John and Paul’s odes to Liverpudlian childhood: one an acerbic song of estrangement with a flute-like Mellotron, the other a collage of suburbia set to French horns.
From Economist ● Jun. 1, 2017
French horns, which are played there regularly, own that summit, he said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2015
Oglethorpe had already bought their trumpets and French horns at a good price, but they needed to sell their rice and household furniture to provide sufficient funds for their journey.
From The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 by Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) Fries
