swing band

Example Sentences

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As a teen, she studied trombone and later started a local swing band.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2021

The event retained some of the pomp and circumstance — even in the rain — as a 1940s-era swing band tune played as members of the commission cut the ribbon unveiling the memorial.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2020

A drummer and his singer girlfriend form a high-school swing band for a radio contest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2020

The senator hails from a musical family; her father had a swing band and taught her at an early age to play boogie-woogie.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2017

There was a swing band on the radio.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers