as in tubes
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Recent Examples of horns
Not for escapism, per se – Roseberry’s Schiaparelli show, one of his finest and weirdest to date, vibrated with implications about our world’s rigid definition of beauty, with horns, feathers and splashes of neon – but for indulgence.
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CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
When the time comes, listen to the whistles, the car horns, the cries in the air.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
As a result, tennis balls were stuck on the ends of his horns to protect the innocent.
—Mark Price
january 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
Footage from Fox 11 Los Angeles showed a crowd of people outside the restaurant, blowing horns and whistles.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Around her, dozens of community members lingered along the street with coffee handed out by volunteers, hugging old friends, calling out familiar names and answering a steady chorus of car horns with cheers and applause as students made their way toward campus, backpacks slung over their shoulders.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026
Later in the video, officers deploy chemical irritants in the street as a number of other people shout, honk their horns or stand around filming the scene on their phones.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO), headquartered in Geneva has locked horns with the duty-free industry for several years.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Others banged on pots and pans and drums, blew whistles and honked car horns.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
When the time comes, listen to the whistles, the car horns, the cries in the air.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
As a result, tennis balls were stuck on the ends of his horns to protect the innocent.
—Mark Price
january 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
Footage from Fox 11 Los Angeles showed a crowd of people outside the restaurant, blowing horns and whistles.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Around her, dozens of community members lingered along the street with coffee handed out by volunteers, hugging old friends, calling out familiar names and answering a steady chorus of car horns with cheers and applause as students made their way toward campus, backpacks slung over their shoulders.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026
Later in the video, officers deploy chemical irritants in the street as a number of other people shout, honk their horns or stand around filming the scene on their phones.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO), headquartered in Geneva has locked horns with the duty-free industry for several years.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Others banged on pots and pans and drums, blew whistles and honked car horns.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
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Keep boots upright and orderly by using boot trees, cardboard tubes, or even a short length of PVC pipe.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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Unopened tubes and cans are both shelf-stable, but once opened, the difference is significant.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
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“Horns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horns. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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