How to Use symphony in a Sentence

symphony

noun
  • The latter is how the symphony begins — with a punch to the gut.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The dish is a symphony of meat -- beef ribs, cuts of pork, sausages and thinly cut slices of steak.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 22 May 2022
  • Soon the summer meadows will be filled with the symphony of the meadowlarks.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The crackling fire and a chorus of frogs were our symphony.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • For more than a decade, the symphony has invited him to do so.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Mahler had a bent for tragedy, and Ben-Haim’s symphony reveals the worst of what Mahler foretold.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • From time to time, schools of small fish breach the water in unison, as if in symphony.
    — Josh Lederman, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
  • There was barely enough to make out a phrase, let alone a whole symphony.
    — Teresa Carey, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Videos from both projects can be found on the symphony’s Facebook page, @sasymphony.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 2 June 2020
  • And each night, from his home in West L.A., there’s a symphony of speed and horsepower.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • This staccato symphony turned out to be the songs of fin whales.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The symphony will perform music in the spirit of the Fourth of July.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The concert will mark Ushikubo’s second time here with the symphony.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Jon Batiste fans are going to have to wait a little longer to see his symphony live.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 5 May 2022
  • Gaffigan’s future had always seemed to lie on the symphony stage, not in the opera pit.
    — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The symphony was dark for nearly a year starting in March 2020.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The symphony closed its doors in March when the pandemic began to surge in New York City.
    — Javi Morgado and Allen Kim, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The symphony’s world premiere will be on Sept. 16 and 17 at Belk Theater.
    — Vanessa Infanzon, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The stage is big enough to seat 70 to 80 symphony players and outfitted with a state-of-the-art sound system and video screens.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
  • It isn’t played before the city symphony leaps into an evening of Beethoven.
    — Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Now, the symphony is under fire for making noise of its own.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • This is the crescendo of the five hour symphony that is the Filipino web series, Gameboys.
    — K-Ci Williams, refinery29.com, 24 June 2021
  • So put your brain in the fridge, sit back and enjoy a laugh watching this symphony of slapstick.
    — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 14 July 2020
  • The wind, the river, and the creatures fill the otherwise quiet air— a symphony of murmurs, not far from the city.
    — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2022
  • For hours, there was a steady symphony of anti-Musk chants and horn honking.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
  • While the Bowl has welcomed the biggest stars of the past century to its stage, its roots remain in the symphony.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 June 2022
  • The symphony of sounds — a roar, a purr, a putter — each engine creates.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Sinners is a symphony of vampire bites, gunshot wounds, people being staked in the heart and left to burn alive.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
  • Wilson isn’t resting on his laurels, however, and already has started working on a new piece to be performed by Andrew’s wind symphony.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025

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