Sentence:  She stepped neatly into the fray, took up Rover's slack lead and marched him briskly in a northerly direction away from the miniature foe, their retreat <WSD>fanfared</WSD> by the triumphant sound of the terrier who obviously thought he had bested an unworthy opponent, and who strutted after them for a few yards, just to make sure they moved well off his territory. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To mark an arrival or departure with music, noise, or drama.