Get to know Instrumental better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like device or vocal.
Instrumental in a sentence
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Instrumental meaning
- Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
- Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
- Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
Using Instrumental
- The main meaning on this page is: Essential or central; of great importance or relevance. | Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency. | Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
- Useful related words include: device, vocal, implemental, subservient.
- In the example corpus, instrumental often appears in combinations such as: instrumental in, been instrumental, was instrumental.
Example sentences (20)
One of them, though, was instrumental in last season’s Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 boys basketball title and was instrumental in keeping hopes for a three-peat in place.
He said he can’t remember the song exactly, but he thinks it was instrumental and he thinks it was by UK instrumental legends The Shadows.
The Calvinist liturgy allowed little if any instrumental music to be performed in the churches of the town, and for six years, between 1717 and 1723, Bach composed mostly instrumental (but not organ) and secular compositions.
An instrumental version of " Thieves Like Us " and the instrumental " Elegia " appeared in the film but were not on the soundtrack album.
Czech has both instrumental and vocative cases, but lacks an ablative, which was largely replaced by either the genitive or instrumental case.
Instrumental music The term 'aria' was frequently used in the 17th and 18th centuries for instrumental music used for dancing or variation, and modelled on vocal music.
The instrumental on that album, "Sirius", eventually became the best-known (or at least most frequently heard) Parsons instrumental.
The opening instrumental was largely done away with by 1980; no later Project album except Eye in the Sky featured one (although every album includes at least one instrumental somewhere in the running order).
According to Friedman, he has been instrumental in Kohelet’s push to reframe all criticism of Israel in the U.S. as antisemitic.
A dad has been instrumental in bringing some of the biggest names in comedy to Ormskirk.
All of these metrics combined will prove instrumental in determining which direction shares move.
Along with the many accomplishments they have already contributed, they’ll continue to play an instrumental role in shaping the future of how older adults are perceived and the care they’ll need as they age.
And since, she has been ‘instrumental’ in helping it to achieve ‘so much’, says chief executive Simon Constable.
And the rambunctious Josh Archibald’s return was more inert than instrumental.
As a pivotal figure within the organisation, Sir Ronald has been instrumental in drafting, negotiating, and endorsing resolutions, declarations, and statements that resonate with countries across the hemisphere.
As for the full circle nature of it all, Van Damme was instrumental in the creation of "Mortal Kombat" in the early days before the first groundbreaking game arrived in 1992.
At Georgetown, student organizing has been instrumental in pushing ethical reform on labor rights, as evidenced by the 2005 student hunger strike to achieve livable wages for Georgetown employees and 2011 to support unionization of Leo’s workers.
At Lionsgate, the film will be overseen by were instrumental in negotiating the deal for Lionsgate.
At their Senior Living Community, Sunnyside Village, they were integrally involved in several committees and resident organizations, she was Chair of the Resident Association and was instrumental in drafting the Resident Manual.
A valued member of the Katherine Football Club, Mr Gregg has been instrumental in the coaching of parents and teenagers to become referees for the club.
Common combinations with instrumental
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- instrumental in 136×
- been instrumental 46×
- was instrumental 43×
- were instrumental 18×
- an instrumental 17×
- be instrumental 12×
- instrumental role 8×
- is instrumental 7×
- instrumental to 7×
- instrumental music 6×