How to Use brass band in a Sentence

brass band

noun
  • The brass bands draw crowds, cell phone cameras in hand.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Horror movies pair best with a strong drink and a brass band.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Vendors hawked ice cream while a marching brass band tuned up.
    — Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • And a jaunty brass band might be oom-pahing behind a tale of a bloody shootout.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • Hundreds more joined a brass band parade known as a second line.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • On game day, the atrium was filled by the Oilers’ brass band.
    — Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Storm clouds over the castle have confined the brass band to their barracks.
    — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Booming drums and soaring brass bands echo down narrow streets.
    — Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The party was complete with seafood boils, a brass band, and a photo booth.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Some scenes include action or music from bagpipes or a brass band.
    — NOLA.com, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The Dutch fans clapped and sang along to a brass band embedded in the northern stands.
    — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • The ensemble blends funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz and rock inside a brass band context.
    — Jim Kiest and Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The crowd stood and cheered as a brass band began to play atop the cafe on a balcony overlooking the stage.
    — Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot, 28 Oct. 2017
  • As the animals fought, brass bands played and clowns entertained.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • There were tangles of tubing that looked like ear anatomy gone berserk or a brass band in deep, deep trouble.
    — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Backed by a brass band and an trio of backup singers, Burna’s show was a straight-up party.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
  • This year, starting in June, there has been a mix of mambo, funk, soul, brass band big band and more.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The couple also hired a brass band that played during the final hour of the wedding.
    — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • Legoland Summer Jam is a song and dance show featuring a brass band.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • Excelsior was far from the only brass band to be working on this chilly and damp evening, as light rain came and went.
    — al, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The nostalgia trip, enhanced by plum carpet arrivals and a brass band, was fun.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • People follow the brass band throughout the streets, dancing and moving to the sounds of the band.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Jan. 2020
  • There will also be a live brass band concert, pie eating contests, ice-cream making and more.
    — Jennifer Whidden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2019
  • The business of governing the world’s best country doesn’t have to sound like a brass band in the living room.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020
  • On Sunday, beginning at noon, there will be more cookoffs, and brass band music.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
  • This show had set changes, dancing girls, a full brass band and even a cop car drive-by to take us all the way to Chicago.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The event page noted there was also going to be poll, err pole, dancers, a brass band and free food for attendees.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Live brass band music and Sun King Brewing beers jazz up the porch party.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2018
  • The brass band in the music video is a nod to the shift in Finneas’ creative process during the making of the album.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Pedestrians strolled in bright sunshine past the bars where the attacker struck, and an impromptu brass band struck up a tune.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025

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