: a musical instrument (such as a trumpet, clarinet, or organ) sounded by wind
especially: one sounded by the player's breath
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebHis theme for Paul — performed on duduk, an ancient wind instrument from Armenia — searches and wanders, never finding resolution.Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022 Results from wind instrument-playing experiments are pending further data analysis and peer review. Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2021 However, the issue at hand revolved around exposure and related back to the type of instrument the performer played: a wind instrument. Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2021 Our voice is the only musical instrument that is both a string and a wind instrument—as the breath causes the vocal cords to vibrate. Guillaume Jacquemont, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021 Barker, like all Middletown students, has to keep his mask on except during recess and physical education, while eating, or when playing a wind instrument in music class.Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021 Barker, like all Middletown students, has to keep his mask on except during recess and physical education, while eating, or when playing a wind instrument in music class. Hannah Natanson, Kim Mueller, Steven Burkholder, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Oct. 2021 Crossing and recrossing the stage with her sho, an ancient Japanese wind instrument, Mayumi Miyata represents nature.New York Times, 14 July 2021 Edwin Sepulveda painted an indigenous man playing a wind instrument, surrounded by multicolored swirls, near the front door of Parker Memorial Community Center at 2621 Main St. in the North East area. Susan Dunne, courant.com, 26 Sep. 2020 See More