music box
Example Sentences
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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
René opens the music box, and a tinkling music begins to play, the same song heard long ago in his Damascus sitting room.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
Our next stop was Culver City, where he gave me a music box that played “Edelweiss.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024
They were found with two small bags holding clothes, a towel, a flashlight, two phones and a music box.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023
Without a word she swivels, as if she’s voice-activated, as if she’s on little oiled wheels, as if she’s on top of a music box.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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