brass
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Life begins as a fanfare — a regal entry heralded by brass — and ends as a solo cello lament and the serene acceptance of death as sung by a choir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
A brass band works down the block and stops at the park outside.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
One prisoner refers to a "rocket testing site" while discussing bratwurst supplies for the top brass.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nobody will be betting a brass farthing on history repeating itself, though.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
After Yardley’s sellout, the American military brass worried a great deal about the loyalty of their code breakers.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The brasses, which Honeck put to ominous use in the Tchaikovsky, snarled and shone, and the horns traced rainbow arcs over the stage in the Rachmaninoff.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
In the first two seasons, Britell followed a fairly confined playbook of the eight-chord motif’s different guises: a beating piano similar to that Mozart fantasia, darkly regal strings and brasses.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
The orchestra, from the pointed brasses to the curling woodwinds, found its way to unanimity of utterance.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
Flutes dipped like swallows, and brasses popped out like goblins.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing brass
Musical Instruments - Introductory
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Musical Instruments - Middle School
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Musical Instruments - High School
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