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Meanings of timpano in английском

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A brass percussion instrument with a defined pitch.

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Examples for "timpani"
Examples for "timpani"
1
The students took up a position one by one, behind the timpani.
The new yorker
2
Making a timpani of the floor, Merlin galloped out of the room.
Breathless
3
This Morning's theme tune was played by a string quartet and timpani.
The Guardian
4
Add a falsetto vocal, swooping strings, timpani and an oboe or two.
The Guardian
5
Molto vivace The Scherzo is a madcap chase launched by the timpani.
Radio NZ
1
I will play on the lute, and you shall beat the kettledrums.
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasu...
2
Mounted behind him, concealed under a tarp, were two brass kettledrums.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
3
Flags waved, kettledrums beat, fans were flung into my very lap to autograph.
Rezanov
4
They came anyway, filling his ears like the pounding of kettledrums.
The bourne identity
5
He heard the first major drive of strings and kettledrums.
Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
Usage of timpano in английском
1
The writer visits May Timpano, a woman in her 50's, who lives on the top floor.
The new yorker
2
Miss Timpano had visited the house for all those years and has lived there for the past six.
The new yorker
3
Miss Timpano had met Fred while she had been a waitress at Kirsch's, and the two were companions for thirty years.
The new yorker