especially: a shallow one-headed drum with loose metallic disks at the sides played especially by shaking or striking with the hand
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Examples of tambourine in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebHorns, tambourine and a swell of voices further elevate Lynne’s crystalline voice.—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 May 2024 Kathleen Salvia adds additional vocals and Jeanine Richardson chips in with percussion, tambourine and some spirited dance moves.—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024 As a drummer, McGrady has always done a lot with a little, using just a floor tom, snare, drum machine, and tambourine.—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024 Vanessa Muros, an archaeology researcher at UCLA, showed up outside the encampment with finger cymbals, maracas and a tambourine.—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 The bluesy track was co-produced by Stapleton’s wife, Morgane, who joined him and his band on vocals and tambourine.—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024 As the trio took the mic, Rogers, 29, could be seen playing the tambourine and sharing the mic with Springsteen and Bryan who were playing the guitar, per footage from the venue.—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024 Now facing off, now mirroring, now side by side, the men conveyed a dueling energy that was periodically amped up with tambourines.—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024 Obama and Capshaw sang backup vocals and played the tambourine alongside E Street member and Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa.—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 31 May 2023
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