ivories
BritishExample Sentences
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This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.
From Salon
She started moving her fingers around the ivories just to get a feel for the instrument, and her wife ran in saying, “Press record!”
From Los Angeles Times
Their lives and possessions — their ivories and porcelains, their prayer books and sketchbooks — map a century of forced migration, colonial expansion and absorption into high society.
From New York Times
David Foster tickled the ivories with a medley of his own greatest hits — including his Whitney Houston showstopper “I Have Nothing” from “The Bodyguard,” Oscar-nominated for best song in 1993.
From Los Angeles Times
Pianist Chloe Flower became a main character at the Globes for more than tickling the ivories throughout the night — for good and ill.
From Washington Post
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