How to Use orchestral in a Sentence

orchestral

adjective
  • Wix played a lot of the orchestral stuff and a bit of harp-y things.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Here is the orchestral version of that bird.
    — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • They’re set to soaring orchestral scores.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, on the orchestral stage, the conductor’s will still reigns.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The film also still had the budget to record an orchestral score by Boswell.
    — Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 23 June 2025
  • Her lips move in the video but the only sound is the swelling orchestral music in the background.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
  • There’s rock, pop, folk, country, metal, orchestral… so much stuff!
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 15 May 2026
  • There is nearly three hours’ worth of orchestral writing to delve into.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • At the structure’s other end is a space for orchestral music.
    — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • King was worried that the orchestral score underneath was too maudlin.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The film is capably shot on vast, frozen landscapes and makes decent use of a moody orchestral score.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2022
  • And Ed brought his brother in to help out with the orchestral arrangement of that one, too.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Daniel Harding is one of the top orchestral conductors in the world.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • My Back with New Blood, which gives his own tunes the orchestral treatment.
    — Brad Sanders, SPIN, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Jackie‘s score is very orchestral, in the more traditional sense of the word, and booming.
    — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021
  • Where the orchestral force shines brightest is in the lyrical Andante.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2021
  • For a lover of orchestral music, there’s nothing quite like a live performance of one of the great symphonies.
    — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • There is a sparsity to the album, but at the same time there are orchestral elements, both of which serve the songs well.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The harpsichord was also a victim of the orchestral era.
    — Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • One was the grand, orchestral score most often performed today; the other, a piano duet.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With Christmas just around the corner, a pair of orchestral albums are climbing the chart.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2020
  • After all, the bills have to get paid somehow, and in most of the orchestral sphere, the music director’s word is law.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • With the usual orchestral accoutrements cleared from the stage, the space seemed cavernous before the lights went down.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Because of that, the purely orchestral sections of the program were the weakest.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Bridgerton has turned orchestral pop covers into a cultural force of their own.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Lodge was a pivotal force behind the group’s groundbreaking fusion of orchestral rock and psychedelia.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ramin Djawadi’s score is orchestral and large and beautiful.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
  • For December 19 This is an baroque pop and orchestral pop song.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • And Heggie is familiar with how to summon an orchestral storm and paint the portrait of a proud hunter.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The show was the latest in a series of orchestral Wolf Bros gigs begun the year before.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026

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