How to Use xylophone in a Sentence

xylophone

noun
  • Yes, that’s a cheat because there were no xylophones on site.
    — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2017
  • The more the strings sound acid-toned and the piano xylophone-like, the better.
    — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • And toys that make noise — like a xylophone, drum, or toy piano — are also a hit at this age.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
  • In the 16-second clip, five chickens peck at a xylophone nailed to a wall in their coop.
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2017
  • The resulting sound could be the ringing of a bell or maybe a rustic xylophone.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Visitors can tap out a melody on the xylophone made of bamboo stalks of varying sizes.
    — Janene Holzberg, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2018
  • Bingo finds a xylophone in a toy box, one with the make-believe ability to freeze people in place.
    — David Allen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Her first notes stretched out atop a shimmer of percussion and a skein of strings, their attack marked by icy chimes and spindly xylophones.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • From there, Peart rumbled mid-tones against holiday bells and segued a snare roll to a xylophone solo.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Others had the slow, acoustic feel of the first album, minus the ever-present xylophones.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The instruments were a piano keyboard, a guitar, a xylophone and a drum.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • The all-weather instruments look like variations of xylophones, chimes and drums.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, Courant Community, 26 July 2017
  • Mini xylophones, guitars and drums were scattered across a picnic blanket.
    — Samantha West, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2018
  • Students and teachers filled new classrooms in a new wing of the school, and from the new fine arts section of the building came the sounds of horns and xylophones.
    — Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 16 Feb. 2018
  • And in other YouTube videos, similar squads of hens plunk out melodies on xylophones and keyboards.
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Wearing a red Fez hat, Santana delightfully hits the slats of a xylophone like a pro.
    — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
  • The recording studio is equipped with a drum kit, xylophones, keyboards, guitars, a ukulele, a set of tone chimes, amps and a full recording soundboard.
    — Timothy Finn, kansascity, 6 Apr. 2018
  • There’s little xylophone runs and bizarre sound effects that come out of nowhere, and the low Frank Zappa voice can be heard in some sections.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The xylophone in the background is admittedly quite soothing.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The organ can replicate hundreds of instruments and sounds, from xylophone and glockenspiel to bird whistles and sand blocks.
    — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Six school employees converge in the elementary school music room, where tambourines and xylophones hang from the wall.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • What do a slingshot, a playground slide, a xylophone, a flamingo, a cheerleader, a banana peel, a wad of gum and a blond ponytail all have in common?
    — Allison Carey, cleveland.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Zion, who recently celebrated his 1st birthday, just started walking and likes to play with his toy xylophone and drums.
    — Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News, 12 July 2017
  • Each hand had three smooth, gold half-orbs on the ring finger made of plastic and encased in gel — omitting a xylophone-like sound when touched in a quick up-down motion — to soothe her stimming.
    — Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • There’s Bubbles, who likes to play the xylophone while Bellissimo is in Zoom meetings.
    — Sarah Sloat, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022
  • With this classic toy, your child can experiment with different sounds by rolling the colorful balls down the xylophone slide or by hitting the keys with the mallet.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
  • Trumpets and flutes were predictably popular, but so were the gongs and xylophones of an Indonesian gamelan orchestra.
    — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That also reminds me of the whole xylophone thing last week, because some thought maybe that pointed to Jaida and Vivienne having an alliance.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 June 2022
  • To that end, there’s a rocking pirate ship, two nonverbal communication boards and a free notes musical area where youngsters can bang the heck out of faux drums and xylophones.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, 1-year-old playground visitor Lyra Lanuza was banging on the steel xylophone that Roberts had helped install.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2019

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