cymbal
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An explosive, splashy cymbal crash launches the LP’s closer, “Don’t Take Away the Music,” followed by piano and strings.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The soldier wears a fur pelisse and holds a cymbal, which meant he was very likely to have belonged to a cavalry regiment, Ms Lavelle said.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
Robinson walked to a blackened tree where he had nailed up a cymbal Elliott had given him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025
By the time he played with Miles Davis in the late ’40s, Roach had shifted his style to a more propulsive rhythm that emphasized the ride cymbal.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2023
Malcolm felt a shiver of fear that was almost audible, like the tip of a drumstick drawn across a cymbal.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing cymbal
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