How to Use mandolin in a Sentence

mandolin

noun
  • And Sam Bush lends his mandolin skills to a pair of tracks.
    Phyllis Stark, Billboard, 8 June 2018
  • The singer was joined by Lolly, who played the mandolin.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • That was when [mandolin player] Matt Mundy was still in the band.
    Michael Hamad, courant.com, 30 June 2017
  • In the kitchen, steam rose from a pot on the stove as sous chef Jacob Hilliard shaved radishes on a mandolin.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • There was the mandolin and the acoustics, and the this other guitar doing its thing.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
  • The two most confusing objects in our kitchens appear to be the zester and the mandolin slicer.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Wash the zucchini, remove the ends, slice them finely with the help of a knife or mandolin.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Halve fennel bulbs and use a mandolin or sharp knife to shave crosswise.
    Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The easiest way to get even and thin slices in a timely manner is a mandolin.
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
  • There are pictures of her playing the mandolin to her Jerseys.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The song, about the fragility of life, has the singer leaning into late ’90s folk pop with mandolin tones and pedal steel work.
    Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
  • There is no over-orchestrated wall of sound to upstage the lyrics, or the riffs from the steel guitar or a mandolin.
    David Holahan, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Thile takes that a big step further, making the mandolin an outright shape-shifter.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • To achieve this, use a mandolin or multi-slicer with a thin blade attachment.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
  • Blake tries to play the accordion, for example, and what looks like a mandolin.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Jazz trumpet struts added a cool noir quality to the soundscapes, and mandolin sprints brought a fiery flair.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2019
  • This is not the Thile who can make Bach arresting on the mandolin but rather turns more to his, and the mandolin’s, bluegrass roots as well as jazz.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • For this recipe, a mandolin or grater attachment to the food processor could be a great tool to speed up the chopping process.
    Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
  • Elders played fiddle and mandolin in Strait's band since 1984.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Gibson makes some of the finest electric guitars in the world, along with some very fine acoustic guitars, mandolins, and much more.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 23 July 2017
  • One of those newcomers is John Magel, who for five years played the mandolin alone in his basement, too afraid to play with others.
    Matt Ormseth, courant.com, 22 June 2017
  • When making the slaw, use a mandolin or large chef’s knife to thinly slice the ingredients.
    Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The band kept tweaking the arrangement, adding a mandolin, even a lute at one point, but Bains wasn’t quite satisfied.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The name Mandolino’s comes from Schutz’ partner, Mike Orlando, who plays the mandolin.
    Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 24 Aug. 2017
  • His first instrument was a mandolin, a gift from an uncle.
    Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Bring a blanket and picnic lunch and stroll the farm grounds while listening to the guitar-mandolin duo of Judy Handler and Mark Levesque.
    courant.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • That didn’t fly, but her grandmother soon gifted her with a mandolin.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • For extra ease, cut the cucumber with a mandolin, which creates thin, even slices.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 5 June 2024
  • Phyliss Donnelly started playing the mandolin five years ago, the year of her first Podunk.
    Slade Rand, courant.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • With the late summer sun slowly waning behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, the mandolin ace provided the soundtrack to close the 2024 festival.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024

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