How to Use symphony in a Sentence
symphony
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The latter is how the symphony begins — with a punch to the gut.
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022 -
The dish is a symphony of meat -- beef ribs, cuts of pork, sausages and thinly cut slices of steak.
— Janelle Davis, CNN, 22 May 2022 -
Soon the summer meadows will be filled with the symphony of the meadowlarks.
— Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024 -
The crackling fire and a chorus of frogs were our symphony.
— Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024 -
For more than a decade, the symphony has invited him to do so.
— The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022 -
Mahler had a bent for tragedy, and Ben-Haim’s symphony reveals the worst of what Mahler foretold.
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022 -
From time to time, schools of small fish breach the water in unison, as if in symphony.
— Josh Lederman, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024 -
There was barely enough to make out a phrase, let alone a whole symphony.
— Teresa Carey, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2021 -
And each night, from his home in West L.A., there’s a symphony of speed and horsepower.
— Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022 -
The symphony will perform music in the spirit of the Fourth of July.
— Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022 -
Jon Batiste fans are going to have to wait a little longer to see his symphony live.
— Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 5 May 2022 -
Gaffigan’s future had always seemed to lie on the symphony stage, not in the opera pit.
— New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 -
The symphony’s world premiere will be on Sept. 16 and 17 at Belk Theater.
— Vanessa Infanzon, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 -
The stage is big enough to seat 70 to 80 symphony players and outfitted with a state-of-the-art sound system and video screens.
— Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024 -
Now, the symphony is under fire for making noise of its own.
— Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024 -
The wind, the river, and the creatures fill the otherwise quiet air— a symphony of murmurs, not far from the city.
— Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2022 -
While the Bowl has welcomed the biggest stars of the past century to its stage, its roots remain in the symphony.
— Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 June 2022 -
The symphony of sounds — a roar, a purr, a putter — each engine creates.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 -
Why build the pieces of a symphony over years, only to walk away before penning the final notes?
— Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022 -
The choir is masked for rehearsals and plans to be masked for its first concert with the symphony, in December.
— Bruce Alpert, CNN, 15 Nov. 2021 -
Fourth of July events This year, the town’s Fourth of July symphony in the park will include a stroller and bike parade.
— Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 16 June 2024 -
The correct answer to the quiz is C: Middle C. Sounds worthy of a symphony.
— Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 8 May 2024 -
But the nanoscale work of chipmaking is monotone only if your ears aren’t sharp enough to hear the symphony.
— Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023 -
Mind you this was a symphony concert that was playing as the fireworks went off.
— Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024 -
Lang Lang counts many of the symphony musicians as friends.
— Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024 -
String quartets shared billing with Lieder and chamber symphonies.
— Joshua Barone, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023 -
The first thing the symphony asked was whether Arreaza had written scores available.
— Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024 -
For our shared symphony of success is the most melodious tune of all.
— Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023 -
When the full range of approaches to the symphony is considered, an ever more drastic divide yawns.
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024 -
Remember, in the grand symphony of storytelling, dialogue is your chance to be the conductor.
— Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
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