bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯrn 
also ˈbəl-
1
: a loudspeaker on a naval ship
2
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
Examples of bullhorn in a Sentence
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Its flagship product Truth Social, Trump’s bullhorn of choice, is a minor player in a social media landscape dominated by megacorporations like Facebook owner Meta.
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
And then there are the Cybertruck owners who added their own aesthetic touches to Tesla’s already ostentatious design, with winning flourishes like gigantic bullhorns on the truck’s hood, or spraypainted graffiti-style art.
—Thomas Germain / Gizmodo, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
Corrie, wearing an orange fluorescent vest and speaking through a bullhorn, was determined to stop them.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Trying to turn a ballot into a bullhorn Earlier this month, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, endorsed Listen to Michigan's campaign.
—Colin Jackson, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
During the first week of the trial, dozens gathered in the cold, chanting through bullhorns and marching with Honduran flags and homemade signs denouncing Mr. Hernández.
—Wesley Parnell, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
The past week, however, has seen the Spirit Awards in Santa Monica disrupted not by speeches, but by an outside-the-tent agitator with an amplified bullhorn.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
Evidence at his trial showed that Griffin used a bullhorn on Jan. 6 to fire up Trump supporters against then-Vice President Mike Pence, whose role in Congress that day was to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
The two-hour interview gave him a bullhorn to an American audience just as many congressional Republicans worked to block a vital lifeline of American military aide to Ukraine.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
And then there are the Cybertruck owners who added their own aesthetic touches to Tesla’s already ostentatious design, with winning flourishes like gigantic bullhorns on the truck’s hood, or spraypainted graffiti-style art.
—Thomas Germain / Gizmodo, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
Corrie, wearing an orange fluorescent vest and speaking through a bullhorn, was determined to stop them.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Trying to turn a ballot into a bullhorn Earlier this month, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, endorsed Listen to Michigan's campaign.
—Colin Jackson, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
During the first week of the trial, dozens gathered in the cold, chanting through bullhorns and marching with Honduran flags and homemade signs denouncing Mr. Hernández.
—Wesley Parnell, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
The past week, however, has seen the Spirit Awards in Santa Monica disrupted not by speeches, but by an outside-the-tent agitator with an amplified bullhorn.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
Evidence at his trial showed that Griffin used a bullhorn on Jan. 6 to fire up Trump supporters against then-Vice President Mike Pence, whose role in Congress that day was to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
The two-hour interview gave him a bullhorn to an American audience just as many congressional Republicans worked to block a vital lifeline of American military aide to Ukraine.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
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bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯ(ə)rn
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
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