How to Use mariachi in a Sentence

mariachi

noun
  • And with a mariachi band across the road.
    — Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • To get them back on track, the teacher asks them earnestly what mariachi means to them.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Nodal is up for best ranchero/mariachi album and best regional song.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Miguel’s grandmother even wacks a mariachi over the head with a shoe to stop him from playing.
    — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2017
  • My dog was pulling me one way, and there was a mariachi band in the park doing a birthday party.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So grappa would come out, or there would be margaritas and a mariachi band.
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The brothers are stars in McAllen's school mariachi programs.
    — Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The couple's suite was filled with balloons, cardboard cutouts of the running back and even a live mariachi band.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • The video opened with a mariachi band serenading the women.
    — Erin Clack, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This is not the Mexico of mariachi or of guacamole or of refried beans.
    — Peter Mandel, Washington Post, 28 June 2019
  • The day begins with a live DJ and then a mariachi performance.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Trump posted a clip of his appearance, but with a soundtrack of mariachi music.
    — Chris Megerian, Fortune, 23 May 2025
  • The mariachi band pauses the music to film a short video with Espina, asking him to shout them out.
    — Sam González Kelly, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026
  • In the span of six months, Izguerra and the three cousins rallied eight other female mariachis to join their new group.
    — Bianca Sanchez, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • Several mariachi groups will perform throughout the day.
    — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Crepe paper Santa hats and lanterns are draped from the ceiling as mariachi music plays over the speakers.
    — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Once inside, people passed slowly through, listening to prayers, singers and mariachis.
    — Robert Moore, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The sound of mariachi music and the smell of churros filled the air as people in Halloween costumes wove through rows of booths.
    — Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As fans entered the gates, they were greeted with a mariachi belting out festive Mexican folk tunes.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • In Mexico, the mariachi serenades were delivered to mom by video - or a drive by.
    — David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2020
  • Tortillas are made by hand, the brunch menu offers bottomless mimosas and there is a live mariachi every Sunday.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Highlights include live mariachi music and folklorico dancers.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Ancient pyramids like Chichén Itzá pierce jungle skies—while colonial plazas echo with mariachi melodies and the scent of roasted corn.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The mural is part of a series of works by Luis Valderas which feature his father dressed in his mariachi ensemble.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Highlights include live mariachi music and folklórico dancers.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Highlights include live mariachi music and folklórico dancers.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Throughout the concert, her songs are reimagined in a call to a new generation of fans to preserve the tradition of the mariachi.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Three years later, the group heard a Los Angeles mariachi singer perform a number about a pair of drug runners.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Every Tuesday this season, the Dodgers have hosted a mariachi to play before and during games.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The band, whose members range in age from 13 to 18 years old, stood in the aisle to play their instruments and sing a classic mariachi song.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 July 2018

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