How to Use sax in a Sentence

sax

noun
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  • Jill plays the oboe, Janet the piano and sax, Jay the baritone and Jeff the tuba.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The day Noise closed, Daniel Brown put his sax in a case and did not open it for five months.
    — Sarah Feldberg, Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2020
  • And from the sax player to the drummer, that band was a knockout.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Or sink a putt while Kenny G plays sax right in your face.
    — Marc Silver, Washington Post, 7 July 2019
  • Because of the size of the band, Ed, who is a great sax player, was able to cover for Jake.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
  • The one wondering whether Bach can or should be played on sax.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Leave it 2 ??2 hit those riffs like a boss & feature a female sax soloist.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 17 Dec. 2016
  • One of the members even puts down his sax to wail a few songs with bell-like clarity.
    — Morena Duwe, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Smooth-jazz sax man Najee will appear Aug. 5 in a show to be recorded live.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Dexter took up the alto sax at 14, switching at 15 to the tenor that his mother bought him to fit his tall frame.
    — Clifford Thompson, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • It’s set to the unmistakable sax of an ’80s-sitcom theme.
    — Gem Seddon, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Lee played clarinet and sax and was teaching himself the banjo.
    — courant.com, 23 July 2019
  • Nice sax -- which is also present and well played on several tracks.
    — Mike Oliver | [email protected], al, 6 Oct. 2019
  • On Saturday, the Truckers had sax and trumpet players on a few songs, a nifty nod to Shoals roots.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 16 May 2022
  • At Poway High, Alexander plays alto sax in the jazz and concert bands and is the first student with autism to play all four years in the marching band.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • His lineup: bass, drums, trumpet, trombone, sax — with a twist.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Bechet’s mastery of the soprano sax brought the instrument into the fold.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 22 Mar. 2017
  • The New Orleans native had that sultry sax sound rock bands wanted.
    — Sean Elder, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2015
  • Our tour guide plays us an excerpt of an untitled, sax-forward jazz piece with Prince on keys.
    — Minna Zhou, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2017
  • The track itself evokes the Rolling Stones swagger crisscrossed with Morphine’s sultry sax.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 July 2022
  • Rod Stewart's voice drifts out of the garage speaker, John Coltrane's alto sax from a trailer window.
    — David Diamond, WIRED, 1 Nov. 1996
  • What many remember most from the 1992 campaign is Bill Clinton’s sax.
    — Philip M. Napoli, Wired, 2 July 2020
  • The acoustics of the room amplify the breathy cacophony blowing from the four saxes on stage.
    — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Tonight that riff comes out of the massive baritone sax of Clare Daly, the fairy godmother of saxophonists, who blows with the fury of a tempest.
    — Joshua David Stein, Esquire, 18 Sep. 2015
  • And the club is having one of its biggest weekends of the year Aug. 2-3, with the return of Rahsaanathon, two nights of music in honor of the legendary sax man who gave the club its name.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • But Jack Cooper’s guitar and Jeff Tobias’s sax didn’t duel during the 55-minute set.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The venerable jazz sax and flute player and composer has lived here with his wife, Dorothy Darr, for about 25 years.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • After a prayer, some live sax, and a hefty meal of green beans and chicken, industry officials took the stage podium.
    — Yessenia Funes, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
  • There was a lot of sax, cheesy choreography, and a wild breakdown, but Cyrus’s impromptu comments stole the show.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
  • James joined local band Death, adding free-ranging alto sax solos to its doomy sound derived from the Stooges and the Velvet Underground.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024

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