cymbal
Example Sentences
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His press rolls and cymbal crashes urge on Mr. Harrison’s expanding circles of improvisation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
The soldier wears a fur pelisse and holds a cymbal, which meant he was very likely to have belonged to a cavalry regiment, Ms Lavelle said.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
Robinson walked to a blackened tree where he had nailed up a cymbal Elliott had given him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025
By the time he played with Miles Davis in the late ’40s, Roach had shifted his style to a more propulsive rhythm that emphasized the ride cymbal.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2023
She hits the word “do” as hard as my friend Jade hits the cymbal at the end of a drum solo.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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