music box
Example Sentences
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The show opened with Rosalía portraying a music box ballerina, her movements restricted, with dancers required to carry her across the stage.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Aficionados will delight in minor details such as being close enough to touch the ghoulish monkey music box from the original, and being within breathing distance of the performers in these famous roles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Rollins is accompanied by Nick Myers, who sits on the side of the stage dressed as a music box in silver foil and oversized pearls.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
For decades, researchers considered mouse songs instinctual, the fixed tunes of a windup music box, rather than the mutable expressions of individual minds.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2023
My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death’s music box.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
