xylophone
Example Sentences
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He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.
From NewsForKids.net • Apr. 1, 2024
The article paints a scene of company employees striking a metal xylophone and applauding as they jubilantly gaslight their customers.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2023
They squat on the surface with embossing hammers, swiftly stamping the top of each cube, like xylophone players performing in a concert.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2023
Their collaboration, “Odyssey,” finds common ground in synthesizer-centered 1980s pop, specifically Talking Heads’ 1980 “Once in a Lifetime” plus a lot of marimba or xylophone overdubs.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023
Carl Orff came across an African xylophone, and developed a way to transform the xylophone into an instrument for the children at the school to play.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing xylophone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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2015 Spelling Bee - Words from Round 2
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