brass
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The Hindenburg lifted off shortly after 7 p.m., saluted by a brass band playing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” and cheered by a large crowd, including a Hitler Youth troop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Its curved blade, chipped and rusted, with a gilded, possibly brass, hilt featuring a lion on the end, is too delicate to hold.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
A brass band works down the block and stops at the park outside.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
In Salzburg, Dudamel indulged the Vienna Philharmonic’s incomparable lushness, those plush strings, glowing winds, golden brass, voluminous timpani.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
We stand side by side, watching the musician’s slide dance up and down, the brass blowing jazz.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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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
Their sound has a lovely finish: softly molded winds, round-toned brasses, strings that never turn strident.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
"Several thousand brasses and other artefacts - collectively known as the 'Benin Bronzes' - were taken by the British, and subsequently sold off in London to recoup the costs of the military mission."
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Vocabulary lists containing brass
Musical Instruments - Introductory
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Musical Instruments - High School
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