How To Use Calliope In A Sentence
- On the top of the mountain sat Apollo with Calliope at his feet, and on either side the remaining Muses, holding lutes or harps, and singing each of them some "posy" or epigram in praise of the queen, which was presented, after it had been sung, written in letters of gold. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)
- These machines -- calliopes, nickelodeons, and German jahrmarkt organs -- were visually juxtaposed in fast crosscuts, their sounds mixed with those of the more conventional violin, piano, accordion and banjo, all of them deconstructed via musical sampler that detuned, altered, and arranged the rhythmic whimsy into an "imaginary orchestra" soundtrack. Rodney Punt: Annie Gosfield in Concert -- The Industrial Age Goes Avant-Garde
- Its coals fade to black shortly after it starts, but then a scratchy calliope whirs to life, taking it out on a wistful, black and white note.
- The track opens with a series of agitated sci-fi effects, homely robot tones that later segue into what sounds like the malfunctioning calliope of a downtrodden circus.
- When the calliope starts playing 'Mack the Knife,' it's time to call the kids inside.
- It serenely drifts through the subdued moments accompanied by yet another diverting calliope!
- Others say she was an Ithacan woman sold as a slave by the Phoenicians; other, Calliope the Muse; others again Polycasta, the daughter of Nestor. Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
- Along the Pacific Coast, the large Anna's hummingbird may be found, as well as Allen's, black-chinned, broad-tailed, calliope, Costa's, and rufous hummingbirds.
- Some years ago she encountered an out-of-tune calliope on a riverboat in New Orleans and, as she describes, became fascinated with old mechanical instruments, and the odd, detuned sounds that they produce as they deteriorate. Rodney Punt: Annie Gosfield in Concert -- The Industrial Age Goes Avant-Garde
- Ghosts of the past and goblins of the future danced to the tune of a calliope. Merry-Go-Round
