cymbal

Example Sentences

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Its beat is a mix of drum machines, sequenced electronics and an acoustic kit, as tricky cymbal flourishes and field recordings of wordless voices echo somewhere in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

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

A cymbal, a guiro, a waterphone — they all have voices waiting to be discovered rather than being dictated to.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 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

“Hear! Hear!” cried Jo, clashing the lid of the warming pan like a cymbal.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott