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

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

“All the landscaping was gone. The boathouse was a mess. The bandstand was boarded up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2024

The civil rights movement was alive and well, adding to the urgency that these musicians were executing on the bandstand.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

In a circular park with a neatly mowed lawn was a bandstand, and a merry-go-round painted red, white and blue.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan