timpani
Example Sentences
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The enigmatic trumpets sounded at the film’s beginning re-enter, their meaning now terribly clear; the orchestra convulses and collapses, and Alex marches upstairs, shown in an aerial shot punctuated with doleful timpani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Two men wrestled three large timpani drums up the steps to the space before the altar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025
The show in the conservatory’s packed auditorium opened with models in punk attire walking through the auditorium to timpani drumbeats.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
Both concertos begin with a rumbling in the timpani, barely the outline of a rhythm, but enough of a motif to inspire developments in the orchestral and violin parts that build to strenuous emotional heights.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
The double basses and timpani are rolled in, and helping to wheel in a harp is a woman with a turquoise scarf over blond hair, wearing sunglasses and deep red lipstick.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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