How to Use tuba in a Sentence

tuba

noun
  • Avoid tuba that looks too brown or tastes too vinegary.
    — Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • The drag queen had a finger wave in her hair and a tuba on her lap.
    — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2022
  • Since then, concerts have cropped up by tuba fans across the globe.
    — oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Her father, who played the tuba in high school, loved the marching bands.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The tuba player could miss his block and still Fields would find his way to the end zone.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Players sought to throw the bags in the hole of the tuba-like instrument.
    — Howard Ludwig, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2018
  • Coe was a basketball player and number one char with her tuba in the bad at school.
    — CBS News, 11 July 2017
  • How do the emissions from the enormous bell of a tuba compare with a straight-shooting flute?
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 8 June 2020
  • But the tuba – namely the circular kind called a sousaphone – is big.
    — Michelle Krupa, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Then came a small band, blaring out an anthem with four trumpets, a tuba, cymbals, and two drums.
    — David Quammen, National Geographic, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The band is offering a reward for the return of the tuba or for anonymous tips.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The lead tuba player at Ohio State doesn’t weigh 700 pounds.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • If the stars align and Providence’s punk rock marching band, the What Cheer? Brigade are playing during your trip, please, for the love of the tuba, do not miss it.
    — Julia Sherman, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Jill plays the oboe, Janet the piano and sax, Jay the baritone and Jeff the tuba.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Shaquille Jones played tuba in the marching band at Tennessee.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 7 Apr. 2015
  • Madison was mourned and remembered as a bright girl who loved playing basketball and the tuba.
    — Melissa Chan, Time, 12 July 2017
  • Brendan is one of only three tuba players in the All State Band.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Celia also said her brother was one of 12 siblings and enjoyed playing the tuba.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The source of the roar was Willie Clark’s tuba — nearly the size of a harp and even more formidable.
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Along with the outlaws and lawmen, women, civilians and a tuba player are blown away or trampled by horses.
    — J.b., The Economist, 18 June 2019
  • My luckiest find was a $5 tuba that had fake flowers wired to it and had been turned into a wall decoration.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2021
  • The tuba also plays a part, adding that Sinaloan touch, while the accordion gives it a vallenato flavor.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
  • What’s the audience for YouTube videos of people playing tuba?
    — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The son of a tuba player, Benitez left the hills of Sinaloa to settle in Compton.
    — Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Magazine, 25 Sep. 2017
  • But on a recent day after lunch, the school band started to warm up under a covered outdoor area, the notes from the tuba drifting across the quad.
    — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2021
  • As the machines maneuvered behind the tuba and trumpet players, Ian perked up.
    — Andrew Curry, WIRED, 26 June 2019
  • Hernandez was one of 12 siblings and enjoyed playing the tuba.
    — Paulina Czupryna, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Last month, a tuba player blew velvety notes across Bell Street Park while two people played giant chess.
    — Daniel Beekman, The Seattle Times, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Both of Northcut’s parents perform in the orchestra; his father plays the tuba and his mother plays the flute.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022
  • With the Excelsior Band will be Hall’s grandson, James, who also plays the tuba.
    — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 21 May 2021

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