How to Use grand piano in a Sentence

grand piano

noun
  • All the bridges were burned, and all the grand pianos dropped from a great height.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Imagine putting a grand piano in the trunk of a Corvette.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The mouth was remade to allow the jaw to hinge all the way open, in the style of a grand piano.
    Rebecca Giggs, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • At the end of the show, Richard was inside the grand piano, humping it. ...
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
  • To do that version with the grand piano, that was my idea.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2021
  • He is also said to have tickled the keys of the home's grand piano.
    Lindsey Desimone, ELLE Decor, 6 Oct. 2015
  • RuPaul's Drag Race didn't have a grand piano on the main stage….
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Gabriel laughs), the pair used their haul to pay off a loan on a Bösendorfer grand piano.
    Malcolm Jack, Time, 31 Oct. 2019
  • There’s an Eames chair, a concert harp, and a grand piano.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022
  • Hymns were played on a black grand piano rather than the church's 1879 pipe organ.
    Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2018
  • That grand piano in the foyer, the cello in the entryway, the rows of bourbons in the bar?
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The video kicks off with Gomez sitting down at a grand piano, softly playing the keys to the song.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Sing while lounging atop a grand piano, but stop short of writhing.
    WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Each flight hauled about 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, which is about twice the weight of a grand piano.
    Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Scroll down to watch Batiste play grand piano and sing on the Dolby Theatre stage.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2024
  • And then, as if the rockers weren’t enough, the second act: There was a grand piano on the other side of the concourse.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Add in being a parent, and the anvil turns into a grand piano.
    Jessica Saggio | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Or have the most unexpected prop joke of the year (keep an eye out for a grand piano).
    New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Adding the grand piano to Camilla’s living room was no easy feat.
    Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Others have all the class and finishing of a grand piano.
    cincinnati.com, 10 May 2023
  • The 96-year-old stood in the crook of his grand piano and sang out all the lyrics, perfectly, from memory.
    Richard Barnes, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • At the close of the song, Swift joked about making a smooth transition and made her way to the grand piano at the center of the fishbowl.
    Allison Stubblebine, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2017
  • Her friend’s apartment is big enough for his grand piano.
    J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The Pence’s roots are also on display on the living room’s grand piano.
    Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2018
  • The grand piano looks dainty near the dining room with its 33-foot ceiling.
    By Gaile Robinson photos By Ross Hailey, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
  • At the far end of the room, a Brinsmead grand piano sits in another large bay window.
    Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • There is also an all-white grand piano, and Mary asks Ayoub if French plays.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021
  • On the other side of the wall was a small auditorium, with a grand piano set up on a stage.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
  • From the keyboard and at the pedals, hammer action emulates the feel of the iconic grand pianos that inform the Twist/D design.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 July 2024
  • Under the lid, there are no strings to move the air, but rather speakers that create an uncanny simulacrum of a grand piano.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 July 2024

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