panpipe

Example Sentences

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For all her peculiar complexity, my classmates wrote Enya off as easy listening, on par with panpipe Muzak.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

When she escapes by turning herself into a reed, Pan plucks 10 reeds from the ground and creates the first panpipe, declaring it “the melodious voice of his beloved.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2019

It was inspired by the panpipe songs that he heard being played by South American buskers on the plaza of the Centre Pompidou, outside the institute.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

While campaigning he sometimes played the zampoña, an Andean panpipe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2016

“You’re my morbid-mop, Alice. You’ve got glamour. You get to meet Chinese violinists and swarthy Aztec panpipe ensembles. Who’s at the theater this week?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell