bandstand

Example Sentences

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“In Claude Collier,” she rhapsodizes, “I saw my very youth, a fateful green garden, parades on the Avenue, an orchestra on a bandstand, my youth in New Orleans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

So, I’m trying to speak about this in a way that people can hear it without getting on some kind of political bandstand and speaking in that way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

I just assume he couldn't recollect or revel in discussions about Count Basie and Duke Ellington and sitting on the bandstand and blowing trumpet with many other people, especially in Hollywood.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Jon McClure, the lead singer from the Sheffield band Reverend and the Makers, recently purchased "an old-fashioned English bandstand guitar" from the new shop.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

A singer on a bandstand in the center of the hallway crooned, “Take my hand, oh, my darling, take my hand and dance with me...”

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat