How to Use percussion in a Sentence

percussion

noun

• He plays percussion for the band.
• The marimba is a percussion instrument.
• The Capitol shook with the force of percussion grenades, and smoke rose above the crowd.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Jared Schonig, who wrote the percussion book for Moulin Rouge!
  — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But mostly on the stage during the shows, Ralph was singing and playing percussion.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Vinyl records spin over a percussion of a cocktail shaking.
  — Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
• 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
• The duo takes the scintillating percussion and sinewy hook of the original and brings it to the club, upping the BPM and adding a heavy dose future house bounce.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2021
• In the second chorus verse, she was joined by a handclap percussion.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Rob Bourdon is not part of the band's new lineup; Colin Brittain has taken over on drums and percussion.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
• With its explosive blend of Afro-Cuban percussion, horns, and pop melodies, the song became a universal dancefloor favorite.
  — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025