band shell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of band shell
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Known in the neighborhood as DJ Dat Gurl Curly, Ms. Ruiz performed house and disco sets at the park’s amphitheater for years until the band shell was bulldozed last December.
From New York Times • May 18, 2022
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
“Here we are in this magic place,” Dudamel said, pointing up to the white band shell.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2020
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
Even if the Superintendent had allowed it, he could not have brought himself to stay at the band shell.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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