Sentence example with the word 'castanets'

castanets

battery, celesta, clappers, finger cymbals, gong, lyra, metallophone, percussion instrument, rattle, snappers, tonitruone, vibes

Last update: October 3, 2015


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No grave note, warning us that the pleasures of this earth are fleeting, that the visible world is but a symbol of the invisible, that human life is a probation for the life beyond, interrupts the tinkling music as of castanets and tripping feet which gives a novel charm to these unique relics of the 13th century.   [Please select]

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And the hop tree has its castanets all green and gold.   [Please select]

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His father and I never knew why he cried for castanets.   [Please select]

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"The ends of the bone think they are castanets as it is," I explained.   [Please select]

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Speak out, man, and do not sit there chattering your jaws like a pair of castanets.   [Please select]

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The suspense enhanced the Judge's perturbation till his chattering teeth sounded like castanets.   [Please select]

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"You're a rattling of them trays like bloomin' castanets," said the gruffest voice.   [Please select]

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For a few minutes the pile resembled a struggling mass of dogs, and the air seemed filled with flying hair, fur and foam, and the snapping of teeth was like castanets.   [Please select]

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My wet clothes clinging round my body began to chill me now, and as I crept into the house and upstairs to my room, my teeth were chattering like castanets.   [Please select]

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