How to Use saxophone in a Sentence

saxophone

noun
  • What about a choir, saxophone and hand bells?
    — Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Sleigh bells, make way for the saxophones.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
  • In a group, the saxophone takes plays the lyrical part of the song.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • With vocal cords like a saxophone, they can be heard for more than a mile.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2018
  • Rose was an avid skater and skier who also played the saxophone.
    — Errin Haines Whack, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2018
  • The melody is carried as a saxophone and sousaphone join in.
    — Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Marsalis took the lead on a trio of pieces, playing alto saxophone.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2019
  • My father slid his saxophone case from under the pew.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The truth is that dance music doesn't have enough saxophone solos.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Stop the trumpets, trombones and saxophones for a minute.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The sounds of worms and microorganisms at work emerged as the honking peals of a saxophone.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Lewis’s saxophone adds a bold voice to what the trio has done previously.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Greenspan learned to play the clarinet as a child and also played flute, saxophone and piano.
    — Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • But every once in a while, somebody masters that craft to a degree that like — Bam! Coltrane just walked to the edge of the stage with his saxophone.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 29 June 2017
  • The 43-year-old has a black belt in judo and also plays the saxophone.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Alec leads the group, with his skillful saxophone work in the album’s seven songs.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The band agreed, and Wilson joined them on alto saxophone.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 18 May 2026
  • Having said his piece, Chung leaves to practice the saxophone.
    — NBC News, 15 Dec. 2020
  • This unguarded track surfs along with its heart on its sleeve, plus a languid saxophone and a few great turns of phrase.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
  • In preparation for his role, the actor spent about a year and a half learning to play the saxophone.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The teen was an honor roll student who played saxophone, basketball and sang in the church choir.
    — Ayanna Runcie, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Jayson is a sophomore at Grand Army and an avid jazz saxophone player.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The train has become a building, and Glass makes space for a wailing saxophone.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • At one point, Ebose pulled out a saxophone and stood on a nearby street corner, the witness said.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Mikal Cronin also played saxophone and cowrote the title track with Segall.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Both those parts were written by Evan Smith, who’s one of our saxophone players.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Charles Moselle plays saxophone on two pieces as well as bansuri, a bamboo flute from India.
    — Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
  • Alessandra’s cousin played the saxophone while guests waited for the service to begin.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The George Michael saxophone — those kinds of moments — were just hitting the nail on the head.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2023
  • My father had not touched his saxophone since Tony’s funeral.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025

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