How to Use instrumentation in a Sentence

instrumentation

noun
  • There was a problem with the airplane's instrumentation.
  • But some of them didn’t work with the room and with the instrumentation.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
  • Live instrumentation is a good way to do that.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There is a lot of live instrumentation.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • His instrumentation has always stood out, and does again here.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 June 2025
  • Stapleton and his band’s clothes and instrumentation did not change at all from song to song.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2022
  • After a few seconds, his mic came back to life, but the band's instrumentation didn't.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
  • But on Home Video, any kind of instrumentation was fair game.
    — Ilana Kaplan, EW.com, 16 June 2021
  • How much does Emily bring to the sound of the instrumentation?
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • As such, the instrumentation on the track became a folky-bluegrass blend.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Yes, the instrumentation plays a very important role in the film.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Starting out with sweet guitar chords, a choir of claps join the instrumentation as the track moves toward the hook.
    — Alexa Shouneyia, Billboard, 4 May 2017
  • The Roots achieve the greatest showcase of their skill as a rap group with live instrumentation.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Another key part of her sound is instrumentation that reminds her of home.
    — Chinonso Ihekire, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Callahan’s baritone is rich and full, but the rest of the instrumentation feels insipid.
    — PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
  • But the whole thing is balanced, the bass has a good amount of body, and the vocals and instrumentation don’t sound overly veiled.
    — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2017
  • The dreamy instrumentation contrasts with the shadowy lyrics about grief.
    — Juan Velasquez, Them, 25 Nov. 2024
  • What became their sound, more so than instrumentation, was this naive form of optimism.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The instrumentation aims for the sort of self-consciously retro funk and disco that never seem to go out of style.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
  • All the show's instrumentation is performed live by the cast members while onstage.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Some of the instrumentation is a bit more forceful, like on a recording of a live performance.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Stargazers can view the wonders of the universe through state-of-art instrumentation.
    — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • The plane’s black box has been neatly removed from the instrumentation panel.
    — Nicholas Mancusi, Time, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Kent hacks away the baroque instrumentation, stranding the singer in the same state of isolation described in his lyrics.
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2021
  • The instrumentation, from some of the best session players of the era, is also stunning.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The instrumentation, what little there is of it, is straightforward and even kind of pretty.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The instrumentation for both takes me back to the pop music of my childhood in the early '90s.
    — Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The main instrumentation does kick in during the window of the last Heardle guess, though.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • All many people needed was the opening pangs of the instrumentation to go into their own world with their favorite cuts.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The score fits on a single sheet of paper, and the piece can be played by any number of performers, in any instrumentation.
    — William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025

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