cymbal
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Its beat is a mix of drum machines, sequenced electronics and an acoustic kit, as tricky cymbal flourishes and field recordings of wordless voices echo somewhere in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
It’s like hearing a drum roll — the ball charging down the lane — with no crashing cymbal at the end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
He grabbed the cymbal with his left hand, struck a syncopated beat with his right, stuck out his tongue and rocked to the rhythm while playing.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
“What do you think you’re doing?” she said, opening and closing the lid of the pot like a cymbal.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
In U.S. television, there’s a tendency to open every piece of sports programming with a clash of cymbals and a rhinoceros jumping through a flaming hoop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
It all belongs, in the same way the crash of Chinese cymbals in the remix of Sammie’s signature song “I Lied to You” only punches up that gumbo’s flavor.
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
Band members say they try to embrace the multiple meanings one can draw from a word in the language in its sound, whether through the driving drums and cymbals or the synthesizer backing the guitars.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
“Were the cymbals to wake you up when you got too boring?”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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