timpani
Example Sentences
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Saber-rattling trumpet and timpani intrude and are shushed away as worthless.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Two men wrestled three large timpani drums up the steps to the space before the altar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
The show in the conservatory’s packed auditorium opened with models in punk attire walking through the auditorium to timpani drumbeats.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
Percussionist Eric Shin’s xylophone was a special treat, as was Jauvon Gilliam’s tension-building timpani.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023
The double basses and timpani are rolled in, and helping to wheel in a harp is a woman with a turquoise scarf over blond hair, wearing sunglasses and deep red lipstick.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
