How to Use saxophone in a Sentence

saxophone

noun

• The George Michael saxophone — those kinds of moments — were just hitting the nail on the head.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2023
• Jake Clemons, the group’s saxophone player, missed the gig due to Covid but Ed Manion filled in for the evening.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
• Otha Stokes came in on saxophone, who Skip played with in the Ohio Hustlers.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2022
• The sounds of worms and microorganisms at work emerged as the honking peals of a saxophone.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• In 1965, Sanders joined Coltrane’s group on tenor saxophone.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2022
• Love wore a sparkly black suit to wail co-lead on the song with Cher — and Santa Claus even popped up to play a saxophone solo.
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 30 Nov. 2023
• For the jazz titan Sonny Rollins, the saxophone was a means to pierce the veil of indifference and outright hate.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• Clemons, by the way, uses his uncle’s saxophone on stage.
  — Chris Jordan, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• Alessandra’s cousin played the saxophone while guests waited for the service to begin.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2022
• Both those parts were written by Evan Smith, who’s one of our saxophone players.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
• Martin spent the set switching among the saxophone, synths, the vocoder and doing live production.
  — Nereya Otieno, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• He was bested by a fiendish reed instrument called the saxophone.
  — Bo Emerson, ajc, 20 July 2022
• Proudfoot: What guided the look of the movie was the very real practice of putting a lightbulb down a saxophone, or anything with valves, to see if there’s a leak.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Victoria McCoy, a 17-year-old from Peabody who plays the saxophone, said the camp is a step outside her comfort zone.
  — Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• Dorrance breaks out to the vibratory sounds of the saxophone, played by Matt Parker.
  — Catherine Tharin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• The song contains the fundamental power of human performance and singing, like the raw sounds of the drums and saxophone.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 Dec. 2023
• Jason has even tapped into his old jazz band roots, breaking out his famous saxophone skills to play with the high school band.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
• My good friend, an 18-year-old saxophone protege, was shot to death while practicing, along with hundreds of others in the city.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
• The sound of saxophone rang throughout the entire south end of the festival grounds as couples near the outskirts of the crowd tangoed together.
  — Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2022
• There’s the time Murray drove an Oakland taxi cab around so its driver could practice saxophone in the backseat.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2022
• The song is pulled together by — what else? — the lonesome moan of a saxophone, provided by P.E.’s Benjamin Jaffe.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2022
• Ellington’s 1963 version with John Coltrane on saxophone will be played at my funeral if my kids don’t botch it.
  — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2022
• He's long drawn comparisons to his idol Bruce Springsteen not just for his robust saxophone breaks, but for the ways in which his lyrics depict the plight of the blue collar worker.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• David Hidalgo loaned us one of his first accordions; Steve Berlin loaned us a saxophone.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2022
• Less than a year later, the group lost another co-founder in saxophone player Dennis Thomas.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2023
• The high school marching band’s members sprinted for their lives, still carrying their flutes and saxophones.
  — Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2023
• Since spring of this year, Martin (who can play drums and guitar in addition to saxophone and keys) has put out eight projects on the label that each have their own brilliance.
  — Nereya Otieno, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• And Fredrik was heavily into jazz fusion from his dad that was a jazz saxophone player.
  — Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2022
• Roberts contributed backing vocals for most of the band's recordings along with playing the bass guitar and saxophone.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2022
• The electric guitar picked up the main line, with supporting harmonies from the saxophone and violin.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024