Use band in a sentence
Sentences ending with band
- A small Testament was clasped convulsively in the fingers of his right band. [9]
- Unaccustomed to associate the North American Indian with music, the traveler at once sees the natural relation of the Indians with the brass band. [4]
- We-no-na (first-born) was the name of a maiden who had plighted her troth to a lover belonging to the same band. [5]
- It certainly beats the band! [5]
- Then I saw that she was right, and gave her permission to hang the whole band. [5]
- It was a stately band. [10]
- Next came her serenade by the band. [9]
- Mopsus led the saucy band. [10]
- Tikhon Shcherbaty was one of the most indispensable men in their band. [2]
- A big fire of logs was blazing in the ample chimney-place; groups were seated about at ease, chatting, reading, smoking; couples promenaded up and down; and from the distant parlor, through the long passage, came the sound of the band. [4]
Short sentences using band
- Olding's band had split. [13]
- Now the band is blaring. [9]
Sentences containing band two or more times
- A band of musicians on the balcony of the Swannanoa were scraping and tooting and twanging with a hired air, and on the opposite balcony of the Eagle a rival band echoed and redoubled the perfunctory joyousness. [4]
- The train was invaded by a band of Indians, or, to speak correctly, by an Indian band. [4]
- The people parted, and presently they found themselves opposite the new-scrolled band stand among the trees, where the Harwich band in glittering gold and red had just been installed. [9]
More example sentences with the word band in them
- Now, don't put your faith in men and in a party that cry, 'We will make all things new,' to the tune of, 'We are a band of brothers. [11]
- I have watched your battle against beauty in behalf of truth, and rejoiced, though I often saw you and your little band of young disciples shoot beyond the mark. [10]
- It has become-if you will permit me to continue to put my similes into slang--the modern band wagon. [9]
- It shows what you can do when you band together for a definite purpose. [5]
- How in the world does it happen that you, who so often have helped us with your father's coin, have come down to be the chief of a band of travelling musicians? [10]
- And how the woman with the red band around her neck, the mark of the rope by which she carried the stone, rushed at the other whose eye had been put out! [10]
- Here at noon, with parade of infantry, comes a military band to play for half an hour; and there are always plenty of idlers to listen to them. [4]
- First his sombrero with its leather band and silver ornaments commanded her attention; next his quirt, and then the clinking, silver spurs. [13]
- Even a stone with a whitish band crossing it, belonging to the pavement of the back-yard, insisted on becoming one of the talismans of memory. [6]
- Having exhausted his whole magazine of praise and glorification, he found he still had one band left over. [5]
- At once the whole horizon line of water became a bright crimson, which deepened as evening advanced, glowing with more intense fire, and holding a broad band of what seemed solid color for more than three quarters of an hour. [4]
- Upon the shore were bustle, cheerfulness, and song, until every canoe was launched, and then the band of warriors got in, and presently were away in the haze. [11]
- Toward night candles were burning round his coffin, a pall was spread over it, the floor was strewn with sprays of juniper, a printed band was tucked in under his shriveled head, and in a corner of the room sat a chanter reading the psalms. [2]
- Tom says: "Now, we'll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer's Gang. [5]
- If we do, we shall be likely to sit in some delicious place, listening to the band playing in the "Restauration," and to the nightingales, till the moon comes up. [4]
- Once on its way again, Willy Welsh and his silver-cornet band struck up the hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light. [11]
- The band itself was half asleep, but by sheer force of habit it kept on, the fiddlers drawing the perfunctory bows, and the melancholy clarionet men breathing their expressive sighs. [4]
- But when they was both on, then the band begun to play. [11]
- Just as he was better acquainted with every province than the most experienced governor, with every band of soldiers than the sergeant, so nothing escaped him which concerned the private lives of those whom he valued. [10]
- The little band was admitted to the city and welcomed at the first houses of the northern end by Herr Van Bronkhorst and the burgomaster. [10]
- At supper there was a decided festal air about the dining room of the Pelican House, the little band of agricultural gentlemen who wished to have a session not being patrons of that exclusive hotel. [9]
- Suddenly a great volume of sound filled the corridor, and the band burst forth into what many supposed to be "The Watch on the Rhine. [9]
- From where we viewed it, it seemed a slender and not very important, but certainly a very beautiful cascade, a band of silver in the mass of green foliage. [4]
- The exultation of victory, the joy of success, had taken full possession of Ephraim and his youthful band; but when the sun set and there was still no sign of Hur and his band, Nun and his followers were seized with anxiety. [10]
- There was a vast crowd in the public grounds that night to hear the band play the "Fremersberg. [5]
- Kutuzov was impatiently urging on his horse, which ambled smoothly under his weight, and he raised his hand to his white Horse Guard's cap with a red band and no peak, nodding his head continually. [2]
- They're a 'combine'--a trade union, to coin a new phrase--who band themselves together to force their lowly brother to take what they choose to give. [5]
- She looked away, towards the red uniforms of the Hungarian band on the raised platform at the end of the room. [9]
- The mottled horse took fright at our band, which at that instant strikes up 'The Chevalier Drew his Sabre'. [11]
- The idea was to break Frank Erne's heart if he ever came to Utah--to show him his daughter with a band of low rustlers. [13]
- The American wants to be at the head of the procession (as he fancies he is), where he can hear the band play, and be the first to see the fireworks of the new era. [4]
- The railroads were tired of paying toll to the chief of a band of thieves and cutthroats, to a man who had long throttled the state which had nourished him, to--in short,--to Jethro Bass. [9]
- The gallery was thronged with spectators, clustering like bees about the large windows, and the notes of the band came floating out over the lawn, bringing to the groups there the lulling impression that life is all a summer holiday. [4]
- In the room three officers of Denisov's band were converting a door into a tabletop. [2]
- We now made three night marches of twelve or thirteen leagues each, riding in peace and undisturbed, being taken for a roving band of Free Companions. [5]
- A band of thirty pieces furnished the music, and in the opinion of the jackies one feature alone was lacking to make the entertainment a complete success--the new drop-curtain had failed to arrive from London. [9]
- Tall and stern, they were stout enemies, but they had no firearms, and, as could be seen, they were astonished at the look of the little band, which, at the command of De Troyes, who with Iberville was in the first boat, came steadily on. [11]
- From Beaver Creek they began to fight the war over again, backward and forward, much to Cynthia's edification, when her attention was distracted by the entrance of a street band of wind instruments. [9]
- But the people there would not know me, and my old master's name, Louis, is but a dim legend in the wards where he used to teach his faithful band of almost worshipping students. [6]
- And then, if there had been a band, it would have been time to play "See, the Conquering Hero Comes! [9]
- Every day, when the sun shines down upon the mounted statue of Ludwig I., in front of the Odeon, a band plays in an open Loggia, and there is always a crowd of idlers in the square to hear it. [4]
- How inadequate to the subjection of any considerable portion of it seems this little band of ill-equipped adventurers, who cannot without peril of life stray a league from the bay where the "Mayflower" lies. [4]
- By the time the steamer was reached the sun was going down in a band of clouds. [4]
- But nothing of the sort should happen again; and he would make the whole band feel what had fallen to his lot through Ephraim. [10]
- Hither come, to the scene of our revel, The gladsome band of the faithful. [10]
- As he left the salon, the band was playing a tune that made him close his eyes, as though against something he would not see. [11]
- The Palace faced the Nile, which showed like a tortuous band of blue and silver a mile or so away. [11]
- The band in the nearly empty hotel parlor, in a mournful mood, was wooing the guests who did not come to a soothing tune, something like China--"Why do we mourn departed friends? [4]
- Suppose you discovered the long-unknown hiding-place of Oldring and his band, and told it to my riders? [13]
- When at last the little band of shepherds had grown to a body of several thousand men, Hur led them against the Egyptian soldiers, whom they largely outnumbered. [10]
- Guards were watching the harbour, and a band of Syrian horsemen had just passed from the barracks in the southern part of the Lochias to the Temple of Poseidon. [10]
- At one o'clock the grand stand opposite to the royal one is taken possession of by a regiment band and by invited guests. [4]
- Her voice loosed the fetters of his passion, and he dared to seize the band that lay on the arm of her chair. [9]
- As they approached the crossroads of the bridge, his voice, clear and sonorous, could be heard commanding the Orange band to cease playing. [11]
- The space between the columns and the walls was filled with choice plants, palms, oleanders, pomegranates, oranges and roses, behind which an invisible band of harp and flute-players was stationed, who received the guests with strains of monotonous, solemn music. [10]
- Then there is the church music on Sundays and holidays, which is largely of a military character; at least, has the aid of drums and trumpets, and the whole band of brass. [4]
- The next morning the band had vanished. [4]
- Beard glanced at the band and began to laugh. [9]
- As soon as the baggage train had passed, the commander of the band of prisoners wished to set off, but the "openers of the way," who preceded the archers, forbade him, because it was not seemly for convicts to mingle with soldiers. [10]
- The chain on the ancles of the companions in suffering stirred the dust, which shrouded the little band like the grief, hate, and fear darkening the soul of each. [10]
- We all admire the achievements of this band of distinguished doctors who do not practise. [3]
- It was then that he discovered that the prisoners' band in front was playing "Dixie. [9]
- It is true that bad men can band together and be destructive; but so they can in any government. [4]
- That night at ten o'clock the band was scraping away in the deserted parlor, with not another person in attendance, without a single listener. [4]
- The band immediately struck up "Conquest's joyful thunder waken..." All rose and cried "Hurrah! [2]
- Having unwound the string that tied the band on one leg, he carefully coiled it up and immediately set to work on the other leg, glancing up at Pierre. [2]
- A fresh band strikes up "Hail Columbia," and the four horses prance away, followed closely by the "Independent Broom Rangers. [9]
- A band of straggling horsemen were riding across the oval. [13]
- Now the band steady--together--tighter--now the withes--a little higher up--cut them here. [11]
- A band of Socialists stood grouped against the ministerial desks, in the shadow of the Presidential tribune. [5]
- She did not show the least embarrassment, and asked me if the band insisted on playing every day. [11]
- The poor old sheik we saw at Cesarea Philippi with his ragged band of a hundred followers, would have been called a "king" in those ancient times. [5]
- Refreshments would be served, and the Ripton Band would dispense music. [9]
- To think of seeing her barouching about Rockland behind a pair of long-tailed bays and a coachman with a band on his hat, while she, Blanche Creamer, was driving herself about in a one-horse "carriage"! [6]
- The band had scattered so as not to afford such a broad mark for bullets. [13]
- Cambyses took the roll of papyrus out of Onuphis' band, looked at the characters with which it was covered, shook his head, went up to Nebenchari and said: "Look at these characters and tell me if it is your father's writing. [10]
- The wind had risen a little, and there was a low band of clouds in the south. [4]
- Carriages were in readiness for him and his family, a band greeted him with music, and passing under a triumphal arch, he was driven to his renewed old home amidst the welcomes and the blessings of his loving and admiring friends and neighbors. [6]
- I took the precaution to have a hanger at my side and to slip one of Cockle's pistols within the band of my breeches. [9]
- The band was playing, and, for a ship-band, playing very well, the ballet music of Delibes' 'Sylvia'. [11]
- The band was playing this morning--not rink music--when Mrs. Glow and King entered and took chairs on the ombre. [4]
- The band was playing on the lawn at four o'clock in the morning. [4]
- A band was playing on the balcony. [4]
- The band was playing in the kiosk; the dew still lay on the flowers and the green turf; the miniature lake sparkled in the sun. [4]
- A band was playing "The Banks o' Garry Owen," and the tramp of marching men came to his ears. [11]
- The band is playing "Dixie" once more. [9]
- A thrill of pious awe made the whole band halt as they had before Alush, and every man, from the first rank to the last, in mute devotion raised his hands to pray. [10]
- Every spring, for perhaps a century, or as long as there has been a nation of red men, an island in the middle of White-bear Lake has been visited by a band of Indians for the purpose of making maple sugar. [5]
- Austen obediently tied Pepper in a field, as he was directed, and made his way by a path through the woods towards the house, where the Ripton Band could be heard playing the second air in the programme, "Don't you wish you'd Waited? [9]
- Just a little pause--then the Band burst out into an explosion of weird and tremendous dance music, a Hungarian celebrity and his wife took the floor--I followed; I couldn't help it; the others drifted in, one by one, and it was Onteora over again. [5]
- In a certain part of the country was a village inhabited by a numerous and warlike band of Indians. [5]
- Then a thin, pale soldier, his neck bandaged with a bloodstained leg band, came up and in angry tones asked the artillerymen for water. [2]
- While the fettered pair were ascending the cliff backward, Joshua heard his name shouted in joyous accents, and directly after Ephraim, with a band of youthful warriors, came rushing down the height toward him. [10]
- As we rattled over Westminster Bridge, the music of the Vauxhall band came "throbbing through the still night," and the sky was bright with the reflection of the lights. [9]
- Next, in politics, organise your strength, band together, and deliver the casting-vote where you can, and, where you can't, compel as good terms as possible. [5]
- The rink band opposite kept up a lively competition, grinding out go-round music, imparting, if one may say so, a glamour to existence. [4]
- When death sets open the prison-door of life there, the band salutes the freed soul with a burst of glad music! [5]
- The strikers carried only three or four banners, but they had a band of seven pieces, with a drum and a pair of cymbals. [11]
- True, he had only a small band of ill- armed men, but better arms could be got, and by the time they reached the sea--who could tell! [11]
- But while, when on the road with Loni's band, if they could reach no town, she had often slept soundly and sweetly on a heap of straw, here she spent one restless night after another. [10]
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