How to Use handbell in a Sentence

handbell

noun
  • Phillips has also sung in choirs and played handbells.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Crandell Ringers handbell choir will take a break until February.
    — Becca Martin-Brown, Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The creation of the handbell choir at Avon Middle School happened due to a chance meeting.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Celebration Ringers now boasts five octaves of handbells and seven octaves of hand chimes.
    — cleveland, 27 Nov. 2019
  • After a short handbell performance and the posting of the colors, the crowd stood as the national anthem began.
    — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 27 May 2017
  • The free event will feature music ensembles, a handbell ensemble, and a chamber orchestra.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Also new, the Celebration Ringers handbell choir will perform a concert near the gazebo after the fireworks.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Records include largest number of people playing in a handbell choir, the most Ninja Turtles in one place and the largest number of people tying their shoes at the same time.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2017
  • For more than 50 years, the melodious tones of handbells have echoed from the sanctuary at First Baptist Church in Mooresville.
    — Marty Price, charlotteobserver, 22 May 2017
  • The choir rehearses weekly with English handbells, providing performances during the Christmas and spring seasons.
    — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Each year, the singers include Disney employees and members of local community choirs performing along with a live orchestra, handbell players and fanfare trumpeters.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The singers include Disney employees and members of local community choirs performing along with a live orchestra, handbell players and fanfare trumpeters.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The concert is the retreat center’s biggest event of the year and features more than 80 vocalists, 20 instrumentalists, and adult, chamber, handbell, and children’s choirs.
    — courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Rosene and Shealey are both members of Handbell Musicians of America, a national non-profit dedicated to handbells.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 6 June 2019
  • The production subtly incorporates literal Christmas carols throughout, with the cast singing and sometimes playing instruments — most notably handbells — for a serene, film-score-like effect.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2019

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