How to Use instrumentation in a Sentence

instrumentation

noun
  • There was a problem with the airplane's instrumentation.
  • The instrumentation for both takes me back to the pop music of my childhood in the early '90s.
    Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2023
  • How much does Emily bring to the sound of the instrumentation?
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The main instrumentation does kick in during the window of the last Heardle guess, though.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • The Roots achieve the greatest showcase of their skill as a rap group with live instrumentation.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Yes, the instrumentation plays a very important role in the film.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Instead, the track opts for Afrobeats for instrumentation as Scott and Benito carry the first half of the song.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 July 2023
  • The instrumentation is varies across both songs, and the melody and lyrics of both the songs bear no resemblance to each other, Sheeran’s lawyers say.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The instrumentation aims for the sort of self-consciously retro funk and disco that never seem to go out of style.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
  • But on Home Video, any kind of instrumentation was fair game.
    Ilana Kaplan, EW.com, 16 June 2021
  • Kent hacks away the baroque instrumentation, stranding the singer in the same state of isolation described in his lyrics.
    Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2021
  • Stapleton and his band’s clothes and instrumentation did not change at all from song to song.
    The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2022
  • After a few seconds, his mic came back to life, but the band's instrumentation didn't.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
  • The instrumentation, from some of the best session players of the era, is also stunning.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Perhaps to match the more wistful, strings-heavy instrumentation, some of the lyrics in the romantic song were also changed to past tense.
    Vulture, 23 June 2023
  • Researchers will use their grant to work on constructing a frame to hold the liquid and the design for the instrumentation spacecraft.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The nine tracks on the LP are well-served by Blanco’s new commitment to instrumentation.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2021
  • But mostly Keith and Ricky did the instrumentation, and Fred and Cindy would jam on vocals.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 29 May 2018
  • Some of the instrumentation is a bit more forceful, like on a recording of a live performance.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Smith laid down the initial recordings, then sent the files to the Lips, who provided the backing instrumentation.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The car has no instrumentation, and only spark and throttle levers on the four-spoke wooden steering wheel.
    Vern Parker, Houston Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Here the organ joins the regal instrumentation over the steady rhythm of the full percussion battery ablaze with snare drum and cymbals.
    Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Barker describes their process as backwards, with Beasley singing the hook and then building the instrumentation around it.
    Reed Dunlea, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The required instrumentation will likely involve state-of-the-art cameras on wide-field telescopes that scan the sky.
    Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 24 June 2021
  • The plane’s black box has been neatly removed from the instrumentation panel.
    Nicholas Mancusi, Time, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Late last month, Noir dropped The Lotus Child, her 13th project and one that injects live instrumentation into her sound.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The dreamy instrumentation contrasts with the shadowy lyrics about grief.
    Juan Velasquez, Them, 25 Nov. 2024
  • View Photos The dash panel is a good one, with full instrumentation and good graphics.
    David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
  • The Murano has 2 12.3-inch displays, one for the instrumentation directly in front of the driver and a touchscreen in the center of the dashboard.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Flowserve supplies fluid motion controls and instrumentation to nuclear plants, with that side of the business currently accounting for about 5% of total revenue.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024

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