Sentence examples for striking instruments from inspiring English sources
Nonlethal weapons include electronic devices, chemical agents, and a variety of different striking instruments, such as straight, side-handle, and collapsible batons and an array of saps, truncheons, and clubs.
In particular, it is most important to take into account the time behavior of striking instruments like the vibraphone.
Mr. Humphrey's best-known model, the Millennium, is a visually striking instrument with a gradually tapered body — deeper at the bottom, thinner at the neck — and a raised fretboard.
Thomson's intention, brilliantly realized, was to combine the mismatched instruments in striking and satirical ways and graft astringent modern harmonies onto reputable Baroque forms.
And if the hum of chattering provides the unbroken timeline and undulant ripple of this baseball symphony, the voices that break through from all around are like striking, if fleeting, solo instruments.
The compass, the earliest instrument for direction finding that did not make reference to the stars, was a striking advance in instrumentation made about the 11th century.
News that the 1719 "Macdonald" Stradivari viola could sell for £27m, becoming the world's most expensive instrument, is striking: but the important thing is that it is put into the hands of a wonderful player.
Air vents are also hidden until the driver requires them, and one of the cabins most visually striking features is an instrument panel inspired by the cockpit of an airplane.
The tapa is the striking surface of the instrument, and you'll generally use a piece sized 13 inch by 19 inch for most cajons.
He has turned what was once an accompanying instrument into a solo instrument with a striking, vocalistic tone.
What makes this so striking is the satellite's instruments always point at the same tiny arc of the Milky Way near the constellation called the Northern Cross — only one four-hundredth of the sky.
