How to Use theremin in a Sentence

theremin

noun

• Its shape resembles that of an eighth note, and its sound has been likened to that of a theremin.
  — Stephen J. Beard, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
• Wishnefsky plans to try out for the show again, this time playing his theremin.
  — Mike Sager, Esquire, 4 June 2015
• Don’t be surprised if the musicians bring out whips, congas or a theremin if it’s called for.
  — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2017
• But the theremin remains just one facet of Lev Termen’s prodigious output.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2019
• The Garbo movement opens with the sounds of the otherworldly ondes Martenot, a kind of French theremin with a keyboard.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
• Much of the video shows the band fooling around with the amazing echo from the tower, on instruments like drums, electric guitar and theremin.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2018
• In the contorted Waltz, performed with mutes that alter the string sound, Mr. Shaw’s cello evokes a ghoulish theremin.
  — Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
• While there are few theremin players, Sussman said the instrument has stood the test of time due to its popularity in music and film.
  — Anthony Clark Carpio, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
• Kalmar employed a musical saw, which gave just the right subtle color -- similar to that of a theremin - to help break from the stentorian pounding of the first and third movements.
  — Alan G. Artner, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2017
• Most comics use the setup and punch line like a nail and hammer, but Dangerfield used them as a theremin player uses her hands, to bring forth strange, unexpected effects.
  — Alex Halberstadt, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• The confused cat does not seem to realize it’s playing a theremin—and neither does its feline audience watching the performance in awe.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 11 Mar. 2020
• Francois Chambard, maker of conductive wallpaper and adorable theremins, is back with a clever new line of furniture called Patch.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 24 Apr. 2018
• Last year’s , starring Ryan Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong, offers a fictional interpretation of the first moon landing, but the real scene-stealer was a theremin.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 19 July 2019
• The 16-year-old artist, who has spent the last few years focusing on her music career, is taking a break from calibrating her theremin to prepare a handful of fantasy projects, according to Amanda N’Duka of Deadline.
  — Rebecca Keegan, VanityFair.com, 12 Apr. 2017
• This meditative piece worked best when the mood was quiet and undulating, especially in the passage in high harmonics near the end, so otherworldly in sound, almost like a theremin.
  — Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020
• Before the moon landing, movie music for space travel mostly dealt in fantasy as well, whether with Wagnerian bombast or ghostly theremin.
  — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
• Friction Quartet with Thorwald Jørgensen Jørgensen, theremin.
  — Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• Theremin’s device also inspired Robert Moog, an American inventor who built his own theremin at age 14 by copying drawings found in a hobbyist magazine, per Smithsonian.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
• As opposed to a traditional horror score with sweeping orchestrations and a bit of theremin, this show's music relies instead on minimalistic electronic arrangements to further lean into its offbeat ethos.
  — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 14 June 2019
• The theremin, an electrical instrument featured in science fiction movies, is typically operated by hand movements, but Davis’s version can also translate light signals into musical tones.
  — Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2013
• The music is performed by a chamber orchestra of unusual orchestration: theremin, soprano sax, trombone, piano, organ, harpsichord, percussion and vocals.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 16 Mar. 2018

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