- present tense form of instrument (3rd person singular).
- plural of instrument.
instruments
Example Sentences
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Roman has a 7.9-foot primary mirror, the same diameter as the Hubble Space Telescope's, along with two major scientific instruments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Peeking at the animals around me, I couldn’t help but think of them as characters whenever new instruments joined the symphony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Catching them in nets and fitting the instruments takes about 20 minutes: a brief stressful episode after which the animals return to normal behavior.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Thus, along with their instruments they packed sheaves of what appeared to be sheet music but was in fact coded data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He then developed the metal-barred metallophones from the idea of the Indonesian gamelan orchestra and the German glockenspiels, which were small metal-plated instruments found in Germany.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
