How to Use trombone in a Sentence

trombone

noun

• Jakob plays the trombone and has played in the school band.
  — Boys & Girls Aid, oregonlive.com, 29 June 2019
• The sax — and the trumpet and trombone — are finding their place again in the genre.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2017
• Thompson plays trombone and has been with the band for 10 years.
  — Jerry Fallstrom, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018
• Alex played the trombone in the school’s marching band, the kids won a state title last year.
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 15 Feb. 2018
• Portune in high school could play trombone and was a great singer.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 3 Feb. 2020
• What’s your favorite type of music to play on the trombone?
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2021
• And there was a trombone player that my dad worked with named Joe Howard.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 May 2024
• That opening trombone theme is worked to death in the choral finale.
  — Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2023
• One is off to compete around the globe, one is taking his trombone to boot camp and one is off to serve the poor.
  — Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 3 June 2024
• Alex Schachter was a freshman who played trombone in the school’s marching band.
  — Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• This works best for instruments like the trombone or the clarinet, where most of the air escapes through the bell.
  — Calli McMurray, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
• As well as being an avid gamer, Kiderlen loves math, plays trombone in the middle school band and is in the school choir.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 30 July 2019
• Maines cradles his trombone and flips the sheet music on the stand before him.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2021
• On the field: At his high school in Atlanta, Posey played trombone and baritone horn in the marching band.
  — Mary Colurso, AL.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• Her son Andrew, 11, attends Giles School and plays the trombone.
  — Rachel K. Hindery, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018
• As the sun beat down on the pavilion, Greenlees made his first portrait of a man playing the trombone.
  — Ceili Doyle, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2020
• The sound, a bit like someone blowing a trombone for the first time, can carry up to a mile through the dense forest.
  — Paul Tullis, National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2019
• The band reveled in outlandish stage antics—such as playing the trombone with the foot.
  — John Edward Hasse, Smithsonian, 24 Feb. 2017
• And Greene pulled out a nasty trombone to go with his leads, as well as adding some poignant harmonies when others were in the front.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• A trombone player in guitar-land is kind of a fish out of water, but guess what?
  — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 7 June 2017
• Your flow is one of hip-hop’s most unique — like a slide trombone swallowing an oboe.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 17 May 2023
• The band isn't new to the area, and in fact, was formed about 28 years ago, said Jim Monroe of White Hall, the band's president and a trombone player.
  — Arkansas Online, 16 Nov. 2022
• Even trombones and timpani got carried away here and there.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 29 Feb. 2020
• In the middle movement, the trombone emerges from hushed oozes of strings to sing more lyric music, again answered by horn.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 2 Oct. 2020
• Alexander Schachter was a trombone player in the school's marching band.
  — Lauren Meltzer, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2018
• My son is a bright boy who takes painting lessons, plays the trombone, and dreams of being a filmmaker.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 5 May 2018
• So Burbage, who plays the trombone and guitar, began putting together the site.
  — Brad King, WIRED, 29 June 2000
• With Blood, Sweat & Tears, Halligan played the trombone, keyboard and flute.
  — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2022
• Streaks of trombone hung over busy bass and claps of percussion as Heyward ramped up the tempo and intensity.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
• In order to work with a live orchestra consisting of piano, harp, strings, and percussion gathered from all over the world, and, of course, the iconic trombones, Giacchino had to write and record music fast.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024