brass

The report, released in May 2023, found that the Navy's top brass had "let our standards slip - and in doing so we let our people down."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The invigorating brass or woody bass of salsa, son and cha-cha-cha are all but gone.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

A brass band works down the block and stops at the park outside.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The case is worn inside, and the brass has a few dings in it.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, grandly classical in conception, with dashes of the composer’s wily idiosyncrasies, was played with lush strings and enveloping brasses.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

The orchestra, from the pointed brasses to the curling woodwinds, found its way to unanimity of utterance.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

Flutes dipped like swallows, and brasses popped out like goblins.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

While there were moments of piquancy and verve in the winds and brasses, the strings tamped out little flashes of fire and spark in favor of a plusher, more rounded sound.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck