timpani

Example Sentences

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A bass drum booms, deep strings give mildewy cushion and timpani glide down as if to the center of the Earth.

From Los Angeles Times

A timpani rumble dispersed a small ensemble that had been crowded around it.

From New York Times

The phrases swell and recede before an explosion in the winds and brass and an abrupt roll of the timpani.

From New York Times

Then, as if out of nowhere, a big double chorus, accompanied by an orchestra with timpani thumping, announces a grand Hosanna that lasts no more than 45 seconds for a dazzling but startlingly perfunctory blessing.

From Los Angeles Times

He’d also take the spotlight for drum solos that stretched several minutes, smiling as he became a whirl of limbs atop his riser, smashing his cymbals and bashing a timpani.

From New York Times