The strong-armed son of Pritha then heard around him the music of conchs and drums.
And when the son of Kunti entered that forest destitute of human beings, sounds of conchs and drums began to be heard in the heavens.
And the sounds of conchs and drums and trumpets by thousands began to be heard.
And then conchs and cymbals and horns and drums and other musical instruments appointed by the Pandavas, began to play in the palace of Virata.
And the mighty car warrior constituted its large island, and it resounded with the blare of conchs and the sound of drums.
Thou must have heard before the blare of many conchs and the note of many trumpets, and the roar also of many elephants in the midst of ranks arrayed for battled.
Then announcing his own name, Arjuna powerfully blew that best of conchs called Devadatta, of loud blare.
Above the conchs of the small apses rise the two great semi-domes which cover the hemicycles, and between these bursts out the vast dome over the central square.
Its eddies looked like eyes expanded to gaze at him, eyes of which waves were the curved brows, and which were white with shrill-sounding conchs for pupils.
While she was saying this, there arose the sound of conchs being blown in the middle of the day, that seemed to confirm her words.
This shell probably formed as important a factor in the commerce of these tribes as did the large conchs of the Atlantic coast in that of the mound-builders and their neighbors.
Shrimps are also good bait, as are any of the small fishes, or conchs cut into suitable sizes.
The large conchs Strombus and Pyrula are good, and a large one will furnish bait for a whole day.
Drums were beating and war-conchs sounding, and we soon found they were making every effort to oppose us.
Asking us to keep a sharp lookout on the surface of the water for sharks, which generally swim with the dorsal fin exposed, he went down and brought up a couple of live conchs about the size of a man's fist.
Russell, who was an expert swimmer, volunteered to dive for some conchs and shell-fish; oysters there were none.
Outside, the gongs and conchs brayed and thundered and the priests gashed themselves with copper knives.
Outside, the moan of the tortured thousands shuddered up to the stars which crusted the sweating Vendhyan night, and the conchs bellowed like oxen in pain.
Through the hot, stifling night the temple gongs boomed and the conchs roared.
The dismal sound of conchs and war-drums in the deep bosom of the woods showed that the number of the enemy was continually augmenting.
Here likewise the sound of drums and conchs from among the forests gave notice that the warriors were assembling.
Then conchs and horns and cymbals and Anakas were once more blown and beat for cheering thy warriors.
There arose then a loud uproar (in the Pandava army) of conchs and of diverse kinds of arrows.
The Pandavas, having gained the victory and great prospects of renown in the future, began to make loud sounds with their arrows and conchs and uttered loud leonine roars.
Indeed, the twang of Gandiva was heard, rising above the blare of conchs and the beat of drums and the noise of other instruments.
Then a loud uproar arose there made up of leonine shouts and blare of conchs and the beat of drums and cymbals.
Indeed, that Prince of conchs is filling the earth and the welkin with its sound.
Then the Pandavas, O king, beholding the prowess of Satyaki, blew their conchs with great force and uttered loud leonine roars.
And soon there arose diverse sounds of life mingled with the blare of conchs and the beat of drums, from among the Pandava troops filled with joy.
Then Krishna also, O sire, fearlessly blew with great force his foremost of conchs called Panchajanya as Partha blew his.
The agitated Kuru host, echoing with that blare of conchs blown by brave warriors, seemed to be like the welkin resounding with the noise of thunder and fallen down (through some convulsion of nature).
Vasudeva and Dhananjaya, also blew their foremost of conchs on earth.
Hearing that loud blare of conchs that arose from the camp of the mighty sons of Pandu, diverse instruments were sounded amongst thy divisions also.
Sanjaya continued, 'Then, O king, conchs and drums and cymbals and smaller drums were sounded and beaten in the Pandava camp.
Conchs of a large size were abundant, and there were myriads of little rice-shells.
We often hear the boatmen blowing their conchs at night; and when the sound comes to us across the water, as an accompaniment to their boat songs, it is particularly sweet.
The conchs and drums, blown and beat, send forth loud and deep peals.
But the conchs insisted Caesar used to tie up there.
Milo explained: "I hired Roke to run this key for me and keep the conchs and the coons at work.
And at times so shrilly blew the conchs that where they were nothing might be heard but the shriller medley of war-cry answering war-cry.
Presently, he heard a din of conchs and attabals, the martial music of the Aztecs.
And from the wall they shrank staggering, and thousands turned to fly; but in pressed the chiefs and the priests, and louder rose the clangor of conchs and cymbals: the very density of the multitude helped stay the panic.
They come when we are at our prayers, sounding and bellowing those horrible conchs fit to break the drums of our ears.
Whatt's the good to us of the Government order stopping tom-toms and conchs at certain hours onlee.
When he had finished, the men rose and resumed their loads, and after parading two or three times before the grave, marched back to the malai the same way they came, singing and blowing the conchs as before.
The procession then marched round the grave twice or thrice in a great circle, the conchs blowing and the men singing.
When he had finished, the men rose and resumed their loads, and after parading two or three times round the grave, marched back to the malai, singing and blowing the conchs as before.
Guess it's because they're always diving for conchs or maybe because they're as much at home under water as on land.
Charley quickly broke open one of the conchs and gave him the meat,--a big lump of tough flesh, almost sufficient for an entire meal.
He continued diving until he had brought up six more conchs and two more crabs, then he crawled out on the rock completely exhausted, and held up one foot for their inspection.
And Pandu, instilling joy into the hearts of his people with a flourish of trumpets and conchs and kettle- drums, entered his capital.
On seeing Arjuna, the whole assembly were delighted and conchs began to be blown all around with other musical instruments.
And the fierce arrows of that monarch fell fast on all sides, till conchsand trumpets and drums by thousands began to be sounded by the Panchalas from their houses (giving the alarm).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "conchs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
