Sentence examples for four hourglass from inspiring English sources

Among the Yoruba a talking drum set consists of four hourglass drums and a kettledrum; the leather lacings of the former are gripped by its player, enabling him to change the pitch as he exerts more or less pressure on them; the chief drum of the set is capable of an octave range and, in addition to tones, produces also the glides typical of the Yoruba language by manipulation of the lacings.

Four of the nine hourglass positions are colored black, indicating conservative differences between the classes.

The other five hourglasses are red and denote non-conservative differences between the classes.

Behavior of dominant effective short fatigue crack, the crack results in the final failure of specimen, was experimentally investigated by a replica technique with seven smooth hourglass shaped specimens of railway LZ50 axle steel.

He introduced the concept of "whole lake manipulation" in the 1950's at two connected, hourglass-shaped lakes.

hourglass - two timepieces controlling Sleep and wakefulness.

Her labeling system divides women's bodies into three shapes, straight, hourglass or bottom-heavy, and a Fitlogic label carries both the standard size and the shape.

Computer and Video Games called Phantom Hourglass one of the few "masterpieces" on the Nintendo DS, which made it "worth every penny".

In thirty patients, an "hourglass" stricture was found and the rectal ampulla was reduced in size and length.

"Sometimes the sermons required three or four turns of the hourglass," reports Pat Larrabee, head of the church's Historical Committee.

"Cinnamon Shops" was published in 1934; "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" followed, three years later.