How to Use wind instrument in a Sentence

wind instrument

noun

• In contrast to the concert’s beginning, Long Yu led firmly, bringing out the fiery brilliance of the strings and the depth of the wind instruments.
  — Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019
• Angst and anger, which are a big part of Eastman’s psyche, turn to beauty and grace, thanks to jubilant riffs on high wind instruments.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
• All thrive in a sonic landscape informed by art-rock and dream-pop and favor short, oblique songs enriched with wind instruments and lush strings.
  — Ernesto Lechner, latimes.com, 3 May 2018
• The research team determined that the finger holes had been made with a flint tool so precise that the holes could be sealed with a fingertip, the sine qua non of wind instruments.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Our voice is the only musical instrument that is both a string and a wind instrument—as the breath causes the vocal cords to vibrate.
  — Guillaume Jacquemont, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
• The duck call itself is a wind instrument not unlike the harmonica.
  — Author: Christine Cunningham, Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Oct. 2017
• André took an interest in wind instruments at least 20 years ago.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• Even the mighty Beethoven, who seemed to write a defining work in almost every form, wrote only a single piano quintet, with wind instruments standing in for the strings.
  — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, 2 Apr. 2018
• String players, for example, were required to learn a wind instrument.
  — Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2019
• As a child, Nello took piano lessons and learned to play the violin, viola and several wind instruments as well.
  — Jonathan Kandell, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
• However, the issue at hand revolved around exposure and related back to the type of instrument the performer played: a wind instrument.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2021
• Recorder: This wind instrument involves blowing like the harmonica as well as moving your fingers around holes to create notes.
  — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2020
• In a concert for the entire family, NewEar will explore animal sounds and themes through wind instruments and a string quartet during its performance at the zoo.
  — Dan Kelly, kansascity, 27 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Using electronic keyboards, synths, and merging them with the wind instruments common in corridos, Nuñez plans to make timeless music.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• These include the melodic whistle of the quena, a wind instrument, and the moaning harps and violins used in the country’s most emblematic musical performance, the scissor dance.
  — Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
• Traditional wind instruments and drums provide a soundtrack for the action, the music rising and falling according to the intensity as the fights unfold.
  — Washington Post, 4 July 2018
• Few would have guessed his return would be an instrumental LP dominated by flutes and digital wind instruments, though photos of his travels—flute in tow—may have offered a clue.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
• Lewis was drolly skeptical about wind instruments having a breakthrough.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Over the years, he's picked up multiple instruments, including clarinet, flute, and EWI — an electronic wind instrument.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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.
  — Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
• Digital wind instruments are also featured on New Blue Sun, devices that Mister 3000 discovered shortly before the start of recording and spent all sessions tinkering with.
  — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023
• Within a few moments, she’s joined by the flute choir, playing the wind instrument in characteristically eccentric makeup.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2017
• On a recent afternoon, violins, wind instruments, percussion and brass came through with balance and clarity.
  — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• André plays several different wind instruments on this album, including a digital wind instrument, a Maya flute, and others made of wood and bamboo.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• His theme for Paul — performed on duduk, an ancient wind instrument from Armenia — searches and wanders, never finding resolution.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
• Barker, like all Middletown students, has to keep his mask on except during recess and physical education, while eating, or when playing a wind instrument in music class.
  — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021
• Crossing and recrossing the stage with her sho, an ancient Japanese wind instrument, Mayumi Miyata represents nature.
  — New York Times, 14 July 2021
• Rather, different groups within this broad cultural sphere depicted their own versions of the character: One who roves village-to-village, conjuring harvests and seducing women with a magical wind instrument.
  — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024