marimba
Example Sentences
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He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.
From NewsForKids.net • Apr. 1, 2024
A marimba repairman came to rescue an aging instrument in Guatemala’s Los Angeles consulate.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2023
Hollywood church, rose to leadership, sang in the choir, played marimba occasionally, performed in community theater and kept writing letters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023
The orchestral ensemble — 19 string players augmented by a five-octave marimba and a low bass drum — becomes a metaphor for the forest.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2023
With a final kick, a final marimba concert, a final autumnal lunge through leaf stacks, they went home.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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