Bugles is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bugles meaning
plural of bugle
Using Bugles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bugle
- In the example corpus, bugles often appears in combinations such as: with bugles, bugles and.
Context around Bugles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bugles
- In this selection, "bugles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bagpipes and approach stand out and add context to how "bugles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include charges with bugles and full and do with bugles or saxophones. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bugles" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bugles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The old drums-and-bugles approach will no longer do. (10 words)
It has nothing to do with bugles or saxophones, nothing to do with beeps and honking in a traffic jam. (20 words)
Like many Remembrance Days, gloomy skies and falling drizzle seemed to suit the occasion as participants socially distanced while wreaths were laid, bagpipes, bugles and trumpets mourned and cannons boomed a 21-gun salute. (34 words)
However, the French Fifth Army commander, General Charles Lanrezac remained wed to 19th century battle tactics, throwing his units into pointless bayonet charges with bugles and full colours flying against the German artillery, incurring heavy losses. (36 words)
Like many Remembrance Days, gloomy skies and falling drizzle seemed to suit the occasion as participants socially distanced while wreaths were laid, bagpipes, bugles and trumpets mourned and cannons boomed a 21-gun salute. (34 words)
It has nothing to do with bugles or saxophones, nothing to do with beeps and honking in a traffic jam. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
It has nothing to do with bugles or saxophones, nothing to do with beeps and honking in a traffic jam.
Like many Remembrance Days, gloomy skies and falling drizzle seemed to suit the occasion as participants socially distanced while wreaths were laid, bagpipes, bugles and trumpets mourned and cannons boomed a 21-gun salute.
However, the French Fifth Army commander, General Charles Lanrezac remained wed to 19th century battle tactics, throwing his units into pointless bayonet charges with bugles and full colours flying against the German artillery, incurring heavy losses.
The old drums-and-bugles approach will no longer do.
Common combinations with bugles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: