brass

It doesn't seem to matter who they are missing from their team, Brighton are just bold as brass with the way they press and get men forward.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Still, with its smooth strings, creamy brass, pungent winds and friendly percussion, Noseda’s NSO came across as a gracious orchestra meant to please, and, consequently, a seemingly marvelous anomaly in an otherwise divisive present-day D.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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

I breathe in Vaseline and brass and rusty snaps holding hard cases closed.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Their sound has a lovely finish: softly molded winds, round-toned brasses, strings that never turn strident.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

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

"Several thousand brasses and other artefacts - collectively known as the 'Benin Bronzes' - were taken by the British, and subsequently sold off in London to recoup the costs of the military mission."

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Petrenko’s emphasis on transparency and the exposure of inner lines allowed the extraordinary Berlin winds to project whole passages that are sometimes covered by the strings and brasses.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck