There was no grand musical accompaniment; no triumphant, inspired sonata or symphony. From LearnThat.org. [Charles Walker]
With musical accompaniment from the Conqueror Wyrms and the Plasma Miasma. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: March 6, 2005 - March 12, 2005 Archives] Reference
The presbytery were his assistants; so "with," implying merely accompaniment, is said of them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Their traditional accompaniment is salsa borracha - “drunken sauce” - made with pasilla chiles and pulque. From Wordnik.com. [Wrap It Up: A Guide To Mexican Street Tacos - Part I] Reference
Inevitably, the Q&A would stop and some hideous, generic Muzak-style instrumentals would play in accompaniment of the exercising. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
The usual breakfast accompaniment is Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk; the intensely vegetal pennywort tea is worth trying too. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A soprano singing with a piano accompaniment is also heard as a coherent happening, despite being composed of distinct sounds (notes). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
The accompaniment is the clothing, or dress, of the melody. From Wordnik.com. [The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing] Reference
Sometimes the so-called accompaniment is itself almost the main thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations] Reference
The accompaniment was a simple strumming on a harp of very few strings, and was hardly more than the beating of time. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
Despite himself, despite his sullenness, the forces compulsive opened his jaws and set all his throat vibrating in accompaniment. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 30] Reference
The gimmick is that there is no dialogue or sound effects...the only soundtrack is a musical accompaniment, which is quite effective. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-09-26] Reference
He seems completely unsure what kind of accompaniment he wants on the guitar. From Wordnik.com. [The Times They Are A-Changin'] Reference
"Something is different, somehow," she thought, and the phrase became a kind of accompaniment to all her thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Ms. LINCOLN: No. GROSS: ... that you would interpret a song any differently with the different kind of accompaniment?. From Wordnik.com. [Fresh Air Remembers Jazz Singer Abbey Lincoln] Reference
It just sounds better, especially in an "accompaniment" role. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
"Negiloth" means stringed instruments; it indicates the kind of accompaniment with which the psalm was to be sung. From Wordnik.com. [Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People] Reference
Andsnes's idea, incubated over several years, was to commission a new kind of accompaniment to an existing composition. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Fortunately the change made no difference to the rest of the orchestra, their accompaniment was the same to all tunes, and "Nelly. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Stone House] Reference
Sherry is a nice accompaniment to Spain's most famous soup. From Wordnik.com. [Kurt Friese: Gazpacho: Liquid Salad] Reference
The simple accompaniment of two guitars and bass is just right. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Christopher: The Remembering Song] Reference
Her childhood in Wilmington, Dela., had a musical accompaniment. From Wordnik.com. [Choreographer Susan Stroman Takes Broadway] Reference
With intense red fruit flavors, it's a great accompaniment to lighter meat dishes. From Wordnik.com. [Uncorked | Rosé] Reference
The logical accompaniment to home working is a more relaxed attitude to working hours. From Wordnik.com. [The rise of home working] Reference
They had the herbs, they had the lettuce -- what could be a better accompaniment than salad dressing?. From Wordnik.com. [Everyday Heroes] Reference
Better yet, forget the singer so that the crowd might more easily sing to a straightforward accompaniment. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Say, Can You Sing?] Reference
Tara WeingartenWine: KeepingIt CoolA chilled glass of chenin blanc is a sublime accompaniment to a summer supper. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Life] Reference
Cultures and peoples are joined together as never before; fusion cookery is a natural accompaniment of this process. From Wordnik.com. [Bok Choy To The World] Reference
We began marching through Cape Town's outskirts, doing a sort of jiving shuffle to the accompaniment of a brass band. From Wordnik.com. [Marching In Blackface] Reference
The faithful sing hymns to the accompaniment of a Yamaha synthesizer teetering precariously on an old washing machine. From Wordnik.com. [War Of The Faiths] Reference
An obscure sitcom actress (no doubt from a show on the network televising the game) sang the anthem without accompaniment. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Say, Can You Sing?] Reference
The rest of the accompaniment is minimal: a little piano where it's needed, a few bells, a few bongo beats, a touch of tuba. From Wordnik.com. [DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH] Reference
Seth has taken over the cooking chores, and for months he and Tom have eaten splendidly, without female accompaniment or advice. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, man: A treatise on male pattern badness] Reference
Then the march returns, but this time the left-hand accompaniment is playing five note-measures while the right is playing four. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Elsner: Chopin's Endless Fascination -- Between Heaven and Earth] Reference
"SALOME," Charles Bryant's 1923 adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play, screened with live accompaniment by the Silent Orchestra. 3 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. community calendar, Aug. 5-12, 2010] Reference
Or their simulation of an Aboriginal Australian war-dance, whose mouth-music accompaniment sounds a lot like the words "Kylie Minogue". From Wordnik.com. [New Art Club's ballet of belly laughs] Reference
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