Examples of 'lyre' in a sentence
Meaning of "lyre"
Lyre (noun): A musical instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually convex back, and a fretted fingerboard, typically ten strings, and a characteristic sound produced by plucking the strings with the fingers
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- An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
- Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
- A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
- A composer of lyric poetry.
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The harp and lyre are the instruments.
And they have taken the lyre.
The joy of the lyre has stopped.
Orpheus played heartbreaking songs on his lyre.
I will escort the lyre with you.
You are supposed to be reclining with the lyre.
There is some beautiful lyre music throughout.
He was skilled in the bow and the lyre.
The sounds of the lyre birds are always present.
You are all fighting for the lyre.
This is the only lyre that is not bearded.
Apollo taught him to play the lyre.
Camma plays her lyre and sings to them.
You can hear the sound of a lyre.
Let this unfortunate lyre that echoes still.
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She is always pictured and represented by a lyre.
Vines were trained in a high lyre trellis system.
And the lyre became my destiny.
He was a teacher of the lyre and dance.
The lyre in space and time.
The pleasant harp and the lyre.
He was a master of the lyre and he won the prize.
Directly above her head hangs a lyre.
How historically the lyre changes to the dollar.
The city manager plays the lyre.
The lyre of seven strings touched by.
Like the lyre and bow.
Skat brings up the rear with his lyre.
A luminous lyre alone shone in the deep shadows.
Orpheus plays the lyre verywell.
Find the lyre that is made for you.
Now all we have to do is find a lyre.
Just as the lyre analogy suggests.
I will not take the lyre.
His harp and lyre are men.
Nobody can play the lyre.
The lyre player then.
I trusted you and you tried to steal my lyre.
Praise him with the lyre and harp.
From this single happiness of song and lyre.
Bacchus has the lyre safely in his catacombs by now.
She killed innocent people with the lyre.
Play the lyre music.
He even had some skill with the lyre.
Lyre music at ninety decibels.
The main focus is on the lyre.
The lyre bird is rarely seen but often heard.
With sword and battle with the lyre.
The medal is surmounted by a lyre representing the field of music.
From this glad unity of song and lyre.
