How to Use marimba in a Sentence

marimba

noun
  • An iceofon, a kind of marimba with frozen bars, makes a pure and crystalline sound.
    — The Economist, 11 Feb. 2020
  • My family would host parties where marimba bands would set up on the patio.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Bongos, marimba and a groovy guitar part all mix together for an upbeat blend of fun.
    — cleveland.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Within a few minutes of joining, a box popped up and a trill of marimba tones rattled my speakers.
    — Andrew Richdale, GQ, 15 Dec. 2017
  • When a local marimba band began to play, everyone sauntered out to the courtyard for the meal.
    — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The group is raising money to buy a new tractor-trailer, which is needed to move equipment like drums and marimbas.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2020
  • One such machine was an earlier version of Shimon, which could play the marimba and sing.
    — Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2020
  • In high school, Paula was active in the band, playing the snare drum in the marching band and the marimba in the concert band.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The marimba, whose warm percussive tones are coaxed by striking wooden bars with mallets, will be hooked up to fancy sensors.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In the background, a drummer, double bass player and three marimba players started to perform.
    — Ruben Vives Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Five musicians kneeled behind the marimba, an instrument made of flat wooden keys and hollowed out cabaca fruit.
    — USA Today, 22 Aug. 2019
  • There will be drumming and strumming, Zydeco and funk, Morris dancers and marimba.
    — Alan Berner, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2017
  • Registrants can take workshops to learn anything from the marimba to jazz percussion and Celtic fiddle.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2021
  • The marimba, Rosauro Esteban Chonay diagnosed, had lost its voice.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
  • The circumar is shaped like a large kettle with marimba keys suspended perpendicular to the floor.
    — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The vibraphone and marimba later join in, playing warmly ringing harmonies.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
  • Jacob was nearly vibrating with excitement as the strings rippled and marimba clattered.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • He’ll be joined by Lana Del Rey, Beck, and the marimba ensemble Masanga.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Men wear hats with feathers, to represent roosters and a masculine spirit, and gallop through town, past onlookers and marimba bands.
    — Rachel Nolan, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Others played drums and marimba, a traditional instrument of wooden bars played using mallets.
    — Farai Mutsaka, ajc, 17 July 2022
  • The timbres of piano and marimba are very different, yet the combination is richly sensual.
    — Tim Page, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
  • As the piece proceeds, players return to their other instruments — strings, clarinets, flutes, cello, and marimba — and a kind of concerto grosso emerges.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The cocktail hour’s soundtrack was a mariachi band, Los Campos, and loads of tinkling marimba by Tono 13.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
  • Their solo marimba album of composers of African descent will follow in winter 2023.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Tired cyclists were also greeted by snacks, hydrating beverages, a live marimba band and a small bicycle repair shop that offered free services.
    — oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The orchestral ensemble — 19 string players augmented by a five-octave marimba and a low bass drum — becomes a metaphor for the forest.
    — Thomas May, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Four artists on vibraphone and marimba near the conductor and two pianos tapped out mesmerizing patterns, falling in and out synch with wave-like orchestral surges.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Harp, marimba and vibraphone give the Rhinemaidens’ warning to Siegfried a suitably watery texture.
    — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
  • As his marimba portion is just the melody parts of each song, he will be accompanied by pre-recorded instrumental tracks in order to fully present each orchestration.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • As a percussionist on campus, Tae is our center marimba for our marching band, our winter drumline, our concert percussion, and our drum set player for our jazz band.
    — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024

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