How to Use xylophone in a Sentence

xylophone

noun
  • The more the strings sound acid-toned and the piano xylophone-like, the better.
    Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The school doesn’t have lockers and Mr. Hugh plays the xylophone over the intercom in lieu of a bell.
    al, 28 May 2022
  • In the 16-second clip, five chickens peck at a xylophone nailed to a wall in their coop.
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2017
  • The Vivienne asked if someone would hand her the xylophone.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 June 2022
  • Yes, that’s a cheat because there were no xylophones on site.
    Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2017
  • And toys that make noise — like a xylophone, drum, or toy piano — are also a hit at this age.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
  • Students and teachers filled new classrooms in a new wing of the school, and from the new fine arts section of the building came the sounds of horns and xylophones.
    Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The resulting sound could be the ringing of a bell or maybe a rustic xylophone.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Visitors can tap out a melody on the xylophone made of bamboo stalks of varying sizes.
    Janene Holzberg, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2018
  • Others had the slow, acoustic feel of the first album, minus the ever-present xylophones.
    Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Bingo finds a xylophone in a toy box, one with the make-believe ability to freeze people in place.
    David Allen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
  • From there, Peart rumbled mid-tones against holiday bells and segued a snare roll to a xylophone solo.
    David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2020
  • And in other YouTube videos, similar squads of hens plunk out melodies on xylophones and keyboards.
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2017
  • The instruments were a piano keyboard, a guitar, a xylophone and a drum.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • Wearing a red Fez hat, Santana delightfully hits the slats of a xylophone like a pro.
    Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
  • The recording studio is equipped with a drum kit, xylophones, keyboards, guitars, a ukulele, a set of tone chimes, amps and a full recording soundboard.
    Timothy Finn, kansascity, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The high-pitched, echoing pings of xylophones, intense drumbeats and excited chatter filled the air as marching bands and dance troupes warmed up ahead of the parade.
    Tatiana Sanchez, SFChronicle.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • What do a slingshot, a playground slide, a xylophone, a flamingo, a cheerleader, a banana peel, a wad of gum and a blond ponytail all have in common?
    Allison Carey, cleveland.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • There’s Bubbles, who likes to play the xylophone while Bellissimo is in Zoom meetings.
    Sarah Sloat, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Each hand had three smooth, gold half-orbs on the ring finger made of plastic and encased in gel — omitting a xylophone-like sound when touched in a quick up-down motion — to soothe her stimming.
    Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The all-weather instruments look like variations of xylophones, chimes and drums.
    Jesse Leavenworth, Courant Community, 26 July 2017
  • Many selfies are taken at the Glitch Beach, against banks of flickering bulbs, while in the Caves luminous dinosaur bones double as a xylophone.
    The Economist, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Her city pop songs are bursting at the seams: there’s addictive synths, electronic loops, twinkling xylophone accents and, most of all, saudade.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2020
  • That also reminds me of the whole xylophone thing last week, because some thought maybe that pointed to Jaida and Vivienne having an alliance.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 June 2022
  • The organ can replicate hundreds of instruments and sounds, from xylophone and glockenspiel to bird whistles and sand blocks.
    John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Meanwhile, 1-year-old playground visitor Lyra Lanuza was banging on the steel xylophone that Roberts had helped install.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • With this classic toy, your child can experiment with different sounds by rolling the colorful balls down the xylophone slide or by hitting the keys with the mallet.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
  • John Morgan loves the xylophone, as evidenced by his choice of the winner of Morgan & Morgan’s jingle contest.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Six school employees converge in the elementary school music room, where tambourines and xylophones hang from the wall.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The xylophone in the background is admittedly quite soothing.
    Adam Epstein, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2020

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