speaking trumpet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A ladder, a dress dummy and a speaking trumpet are all that’s needed to bring the most unruly fantasy elements to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2017
"Anna, my daughter Anna," cried Herr Dapsul down through the speaking trumpet; "come up here to me immediately!"
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
"Yacht ahoy!" now came in a hearty tempestuous shout through the speaking trumpet, which the man I had before noticed lifted to his lips.
From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
The subjects of real misfortune—they are the keenly sensitive and dread the approach of those who carry a speaking trumpet or a public scroll to proclaim to the world the alms they have bestowed.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
"Oh, Eva," she cried to her daughter, as soon as her voice could be at all audible without the aid of a speaking trumpet.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
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