How to Use percussion in a Sentence

percussion

noun

• He plays percussion for the band.
• The marimba is a percussion instrument.
• Then, a lot of rock bands came along and copied us, having background singers, percussion, adding things like that.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Electric guitar and spunky percussion propel the song, a carefree romp with one glorious chorus.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2021
• There’s the sound of explosions, barking dogs and a storm of violins, saxophone and percussion.
  — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
• Playing percussion is inherently theatrical, and Schick is one of the greats.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
• Go-go, a unique blend of funk, rhythm, and percussion born in the streets and clubs of Washington in the 1970s, has been the lifeblood of the city for decades.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 24 Sep. 2024
• All that’s left is his Colt Model 1860 Army percussion revolver with the notch on the handle.
  — Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• The large and central subwoofer has an impressive presence, especially when handling percussion, like kick drums or acoustic bass.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
• The instruments become language, a point underscored when the spoken part is overpowered by the percussion, or when speech is replaced entirely by instruments.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
• Rooted in resistance, each style is still characterized by percussion, movement, and liberation.
  — Natalia M. Perez-Gonzalez, refinery29.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• The Capitol shook with the force of percussion grenades, and smoke rose above the crowd.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• So that was echoed by the string section, by the horn section, by the percussion.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
• Soon, the sounds of keyboards, standup bass and percussion echoed from down the long hallway.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
• The little brown thing in the middle is percussion at best.
  — Joe Brown, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2022
• The distinctive sound of each section of the orchestra—the brass, the strings, the woodwinds, the percussion—would carry, or not, in the space.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• Toto did all the percussion in L.A. here, and Steve Lukather did some of the guitar backward sounds.
  — Max Evry, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2023
• It’s a daring opener because of its eight-minute length and the lack of percussion in its first half.
  — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
• Mälkki made sure that gong had the gusto of avant-garde percussion.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
• The spaces among bowed strings, brasses and percussion are wider.
  — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• There are guitars, a drum kit, drum machines and lots of percussion.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 June 2023
• Like the jive of Cab Calloway, toasting used language for its rhythm, percussion, and style.
  — Heather Augustyn, Spin, 9 Aug. 2023
• Working together, the two crafted the bulk of the work on the album’s songs, from percussion and chords to vocal melodies.
  — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
• There are whistles and toe taps and yowls and warbles and percussion produced by acrylic nails.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• At the age of 8, Jon played percussion and drums with his brothers in the Batiste Brothers Band, co-founded by his father.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 24 Nov. 2021
• These were then overdubbed with layers of African and Latin percussion.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 9 Dec. 2022
• Come out to the Civic Center Library to dance, sing, celebrate and be transported across the globe through the sounds of drums and percussion.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• And since there’s not a lot of percussion, that element gets so abrasive.
  — Vulture, 27 July 2023
• As the soundtrack quiets to a whisper of percussion to prepare a swell, the Frank look appears at the foot of the runway, worn by a new model.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2023
• For their part, Mal and May made half-hearted efforts at percussion.
  — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024