How to Use xylophone in a Sentence

xylophone

noun

• The more the strings sound acid-toned and the piano xylophone-like, the better.
  — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• The school doesn’t have lockers and Mr. Hugh plays the xylophone over the intercom in lieu of a bell.
  — al, 28 May 2022
• In the 16-second clip, five chickens peck at a xylophone nailed to a wall in their coop.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2017
• The Vivienne asked if someone would hand her the xylophone.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 June 2022
• Yes, that’s a cheat because there were no xylophones on site.
  — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2017
• And toys that make noise — like a xylophone, drum, or toy piano — are also a hit at this age.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
• Students and teachers filled new classrooms in a new wing of the school, and from the new fine arts section of the building came the sounds of horns and xylophones.
  — Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 16 Feb. 2018
• The resulting sound could be the ringing of a bell or maybe a rustic xylophone.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
• Visitors can tap out a melody on the xylophone made of bamboo stalks of varying sizes.
  — Janene Holzberg, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2018
• Others had the slow, acoustic feel of the first album, minus the ever-present xylophones.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
• Bingo finds a xylophone in a toy box, one with the make-believe ability to freeze people in place.
  — David Allen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• From there, Peart rumbled mid-tones against holiday bells and segued a snare roll to a xylophone solo.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2020
• And in other YouTube videos, similar squads of hens plunk out melodies on xylophones and keyboards.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2017
• The instruments were a piano keyboard, a guitar, a xylophone and a drum.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 June 2018
• Wearing a red Fez hat, Santana delightfully hits the slats of a xylophone like a pro.
  — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
• The recording studio is equipped with a drum kit, xylophones, keyboards, guitars, a ukulele, a set of tone chimes, amps and a full recording soundboard.
  — Timothy Finn, kansascity, 6 Apr. 2018
• The high-pitched, echoing pings of xylophones, intense drumbeats and excited chatter filled the air as marching bands and dance troupes warmed up ahead of the parade.
  — Tatiana Sanchez, SFChronicle.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• What do a slingshot, a playground slide, a xylophone, a flamingo, a cheerleader, a banana peel, a wad of gum and a blond ponytail all have in common?
  — Allison Carey, cleveland.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• There’s Bubbles, who likes to play the xylophone while Bellissimo is in Zoom meetings.
  — Sarah Sloat, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022
• Each hand had three smooth, gold half-orbs on the ring finger made of plastic and encased in gel — omitting a xylophone-like sound when touched in a quick up-down motion — to soothe her stimming.
  — Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
• The all-weather instruments look like variations of xylophones, chimes and drums.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, Courant Community, 26 July 2017
• Many selfies are taken at the Glitch Beach, against banks of flickering bulbs, while in the Caves luminous dinosaur bones double as a xylophone.
  — The Economist, 15 Jan. 2020
• Her city pop songs are bursting at the seams: there’s addictive synths, electronic loops, twinkling xylophone accents and, most of all, saudade.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2020
• That also reminds me of the whole xylophone thing last week, because some thought maybe that pointed to Jaida and Vivienne having an alliance.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 June 2022
• The organ can replicate hundreds of instruments and sounds, from xylophone and glockenspiel to bird whistles and sand blocks.
  — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2018
• Meanwhile, 1-year-old playground visitor Lyra Lanuza was banging on the steel xylophone that Roberts had helped install.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• With this classic toy, your child can experiment with different sounds by rolling the colorful balls down the xylophone slide or by hitting the keys with the mallet.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
• John Morgan loves the xylophone, as evidenced by his choice of the winner of Morgan & Morgan’s jingle contest.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• The xylophone in the background is admittedly quite soothing.
  — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2020
• Music centers might have hand drums or plastic xylophones.
  — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2019

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024