MUSIC in a Sentence

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For MUSIC, below is one of 420 sentences:
He accepted the universe and his place in it for what they were and, shrugging, turned to his music and books and his better world.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUSIC
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music
 n.  any agreeable, pleasing and harmonious, sounds
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  After the mortal silence of his long imprisonment Zeena's volubility was music in his ears.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Ashley Wilkes said they had an awful lot of scenery and music.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  They are kind of queer about music and books and scenery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  And he stood alone in his interest in books and music and his fondness for writing poetry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  He accepted the universe and his place in it for what they were and, shrugging, turned to his music and books and his better world.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  He knew no poetry save that of Moore and no music except the songs of Ireland that had come down through the years.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  A heavy warm somnolence lay over the house, as if it slept at ease like the girls, until night when it would burst into its full beauty with music and candle flames.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  She smiled at Scarlett, whimsically, as the music ended, making a little moue of apology as she dabbed with her handkerchief.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  She looked across the floor and tapped her foot to the music and her green eyes blazed so eagerly that they fairly snapped.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  Oh, dear, there's the end of the music and there's Aunt Pittypat coming out of the back room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  We are alike, Melanie, loving the same quiet things, and I saw before us a long stretch of uneventful years in which to read, hear music and dream.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  The humiliating events of the morning with Rhett were pushed from her mind by the excitement of seeing so many people and hearing music again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  But the music certainly was inviting.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
14  Night after night, in these newly built homes, the windows were ablaze with gas light and the sound of music and dancing feet drifted out upon the air.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
15  It was easier to forget the impudent black faces in the streets and the blue uniforms of the garrison while they were listening to music.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The car radio was pumping out music with a heavy beat.
17  Beautiful music came floating out of the window.
18  Every week they get together to make music.
19  Barbara White and her mother like to listen to music together, though their tastes don't harmonize.
20  I can't keep track of the new music.
21  Detailed study of folk music from a variety of countries reveals many close parallels.
22  The music students are learning how to score tunes for various combinations.
23  The voice is the best music.
24  Her voice was music to my ears.
25  The method is to listen to the music and allow expression to whatever comes to you.
26  Diana's house was crowded with happy people whose spontaneous outbursts of song were accompanied by lively music.
27  I should think the Welsh are the only people in the world whose only national festival is devoted to music and poetry.
28  He has a wide knowledge of painting and music.
29  Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior.
30  Sometimes the world tries to knock it out of you, but I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales.