How to Use symphony in a Sentence

symphony

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The same symphony, in other words—just played at a slower tempo.
    Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The palm fronds danced in the wind, rubbing and clapping a symphony of percussive music.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
  • Bassoonist Brian Petkovich, who played with the symphony for 25 years, was not among them.
    Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • From there, a symphony of dishes follow, each more creative and thoughtful than the last.
    Christina Liao, Forbes, 23 May 2022
  • His symphonies are segmented in the extreme, their changes in volume and mood abrupt, even shocking.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
  • For some of the symphony’s newer members, the upcoming Carnegie Hall concert marks a heady first.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Trump enters convention floor Former first lady Melania Trump entered the convention floor wearing a red suit as a Beethoven symphony played.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • But Beck performed this show, which concluded a run of concerts with orchestral accompaniments this summer, as if his dad were there, always making sure to share the Carnegie Hall spotlight with the symphony.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024

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