band shell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of band shell
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The band planned a New York City debut that went off cleanly at the abandoned band shell where the hip-hop classic “Wild Style” was filmed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The open car in which he was riding rolled up to the steps of the band shell under a bright floodlight.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2020
Police distributed notices among the crowd - estimated by police at 7,000 persons - gathered at the band shell in Grant Park, just east of the downtown Loop.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2018
At Form, the stage was an open-air band shell that had been designed, in the seventies, to look like the apse of an Italian church, with a few psychedelic flourishes.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2018
He would turn on the space heater, visit the band shell lavatory, then heat up some water, get breakfast ready, and finally wake the boy with a gentle shake of the shoulder.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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