How to Use didgeridoo in a Sentence

didgeridoo

noun
  • The flaccid pouch at his neck tumesces with song, sharp little honks that sound like didgeridoo notes.
    Anna Peele, Washington Post, 24 June 2020
  • Proud as a fish in a didgeridoo, this definitely did got good, got sooo good.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 12 Aug. 2018
  • Onstage, a man in a furry cloak blew something that looked like an elephant trunk and sounded like a didgeridoo.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2017
  • The hour-long service concluded with the Prince of Wales signing the book of remembrance whilst music was played on a didgeridoo.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The young children were entertained by Thomas’ performance and in the end, several lucky children got the chance to play the didgeridoo themselves in front of the crowd.
    Michael Walsh, courant.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Fourteen of these subjects were randomly assigned to learn the didgeridoo.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2016
  • As the night went on and people stretched out on the grass or took one of the available canoes out on the water, lectures gave way to ambient music that sounded of whale calls and didgeridoos.
    Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
  • Carrying just a single tube that housed his didgeridoo off the plane, the 20-year-old had already devoured Helgeland’s script and had feedback ready.
    Ashley Spencer, Vulture, 11 May 2021
  • The tectonic buzz and growl of a didgeridoo, played with athletic skill by Harry Wilson, parleyed with the music, then settled beneath it like bedrock.
    Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Less noticed, though, was this revelation: Pete Buttigieg plays the didgeridoo.
    Emily Heil, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The didgeridoo, usually a hollow tree trunk, has been played by Aboriginal Australians for at least 1,500 years, and is known for its otherworldly sound.
    courant.com, 10 July 2019
  • Peter Evans plays the trumpet like a homing device, a percussion instrument, a didgeridoo, or distant bird call.
    New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
  • With grinding guitars, samples, synths, woodwinds, percussion and a didgeridoo, Ilad’s sonic kitchen sink is scattered and sure like Solo.
    Scott Thill, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2009
  • Play your didgeridoo, Blue The night started like any good research presentation does—with a musical performance.
    Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2018
  • In Sculthorpe’s last decade, the talented Indigenous didgeridoo player William Barton convinced him to write for his instrument.
    Chris Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Kapadia and his team decided to use a didgeridoo, which is a wind instrument originating in Australia.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2022
  • From Tibetan singing bowls to Aboriginal didgeridoos, music has been used for its therapeutic effects for thousands of years.
    Nicole Dellert, Allure, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Practicing the didgeridoo may strengthen the muscles of people’s airways, the scientists say, making them less likely to collapse during sleep and helping snorers—and their partners—rest easy.
    Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Audi engineers did try various devices—including a didgeridoo—to give their electric sedans a soundtrack.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2021
  • His didgeridoo/apnea quest continues today, as Suarez notes that 50 percent of people snore and roughly 10 percent of that population could suffer apnea.
    Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2018
  • While the didgeridoo might be an, er, unconventional choice of wind instrument for a small-town politician, having a musical bulletpoint on a politician's personal résumé is not.
    Emily Heil, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Wilson offered a solo encore, demonstrating the didgeridoo’s additional range and in a way crystallizing the distinctive aspects of the concert.
    Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
  • In concert, the band also incorporates uncommon instrumentation, such as a garmoshka (a button accordion), a didgeridoo and the bugay, a cone-shaped drum that makes a deep, resonating sound similar to the mating call of a bittern, or wading bird.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Fortunately, a didgeridoo instructor realized his students experienced less daytime sleepiness and snoring.
    Leah Froats, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2017

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