Sentence examples for band is named for from inspiring English sources

The band is named for a creek that flows into the Hudson River a block from where Mr. Paden and his wife, a fiddler named Charlene, live.

His band is named for a 1960s rockabilly parody by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, about a gal, Cutie, who hails a taxi for a fatal night of cheating on her boyfriend.

Fleetwood and John McVie, on bass, reminded concert goers why the band is named for them.

The band was named for the lead singer's favorite brand of soap.

The yellow-eyed penguin is named for the band of yellow that runs from its eyes to the back of its head.

The hero of "Kaboom," he said, is named for the '80s band the Smiths; the film's doomsday cult is called New Order.

Then I think of the electrical pioneer for whom the band was named.

Aptly enough, his band was named, Introflirt.

Local names are applied to specific intervals, and marine horizons, called bands, are named either for their characteristic fossil occurrence (i.e., Listeri Marine Band) or for a geographic locality (i.e., Sutton Marine Band).

The next three cycles will be named for rock bands formed in West Coast cities, gradually moving closer to Microsoft's base: Metallica (Los Angeles), Nirvana (Aberdeen, Wash).

The band made its debut in 1973 and was named for its members' high school gym teacher, Leonard Skinner.