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• The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.From the entry crash
• Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!From the entry sweet
• Many types of cymbals and drums are untuned.From the entry untuned
• Apols if this letter is a disarray, but my head is like a drum made of cymbals.2013, Robert Hudson, The Dazzle, Jonathan Cape, published 2013, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry apols
• A chhing player holds one cymbal in each hand and strikes them together.2010, Henry Spiller, Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia, page 27. From the entry chhing
• Wilson began tapping his toms and cymbals in a halting pattern.2008 April 3, Nate Chinen, “Composing on the Spot, With Help From a Master”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov…. From the entry pendulumlike
• On the other hand, think of a cymbal crash recorded alone.2008, Buster Fayte, The Complete Home Music Recording Starter Kit, →ISBN. From the entry oneshot
• Then comes Comet's true forte: starry-eyed, slowcore webs of patiently brushed cymbals and madly reverberated guitar.2005 August 12, Michael Chamy, “Comet's Feathers From the Wing EP Review”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 24, number 50, page 61. From the entry wombadelia
• I added cymbal, wooden flutes, and other percussion sounds — sometimes slow-mo-ing them and treating them in different ways.2020 October 14, Tim Page, quoting Jon Gibson, “Jon Gibson, composer who became force behind minimalist music, dies at 80”, in The…. From the entry slo-mo
• Weiss, exploring not only all of his cymbals but all the areas of each cymbal, from rustles to darker, gonglike sounds.2009 June 25, Ben Ratliff, “Mixing the Prepared With the Impromptu”, in New York Times. From the entry nonwild
• One, “Thoughts and Prayers,” was for the drummer Jo Jones; it included a sermonette for the high-hat cymbal.2007 August 28, Ben Ratliff, “Headliner Can’t Make It? Here’s a First-Class Fill-In”, in New York Times. From the entry sermonette
• His cymbal wash during the five songs taken from a live Swedish radio broadcast is a wonder to behear.1996, Musician. From the entry behear
• In contrast to the cymbals of beaten metal, the British Museum collection includes several pairs of cast crotales.1970, James Blades, Percussion Instruments and Their History, published 1992, page 167. From the entry crotale
• Strictly speaking, crotales are metal castanets, resembling cymbals.1970, James Blades, Percussion Instruments and Their History, published 1992, page 167. From the entry crotale
• The band came in with a basic rock arrangement, Cropper’s triplets stamped by Jackson’s metronomic snare and cymbal, and Jenkins added neat little twiddle flourishes.2015, Mark Ribowsky, Dreams to Remember. From the entry twiddle
• It’s more a showcase for Rinker and Barris’s fancy repartéeing than Bing’s vocal and cymbal interjections, Crosby hardly getting a word in edgewise.2004, Lenny Kaye, You Call it Madness: The Sensuous Song of the Croon, Villard Books, →ISBN, pages 98–99. From the entry repartée
• I needed to have a cymbal setup that allowed me the flexibility to play with a clean or trashy sound at any time.2001, Johnny Rabb, Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass for the Acoustic Drum Set, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry trashy
• Witchdoctor's moment is "The Ritual," where snares, brushes, and cymbals replicate drum'n'bass's skittering fascination, a Reznorian chill grips the air, and the MC chants bleak urban snapshots.1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 7, page 121. From the entry Reznorian
• And so he made "bull-roarers" to imitate the sound of wind and the blessed rain-bringing thunder, or clashed great bronze cymbals together with the same object.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 72. From the entry bullroarer
• At the clashing of the cymbals the King sprang at Goldry as the panther springeth, and with the rush bare him backward and well nigh forth of the wrastling ground.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 24. From the entry forth

Meaning of cymbal

1. noun A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.

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Questions about cymbal in a sentence

How do you use cymbal in a sentence?

Cymbal is used as a noun. For example: “The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.”

What is a short sentence with cymbal?

“Many types of cymbals and drums are untuned.”

What does cymbal mean?

Cymbal means a concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.