music box
Example Sentences
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The regular version is my favorite ride at Disneyland, and during the holidays it’s like riding through a giant, wintry music box.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Aficionados will delight in minor details such as being close enough to touch the ghoulish monkey music box from the original, and being within breathing distance of the performers in these famous roles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
René opens the music box, and a tinkling music begins to play, the same song heard long ago in his Damascus sitting room.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
For decades, researchers considered mouse songs instinctual, the fixed tunes of a windup music box, rather than the mutable expressions of individual minds.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Patria and Pedrito—a music box from Spain that plays four tunes.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
