castanets

• “Daikoku band: they were to sing the ballads Those with the castanets were the Ebisu party and formed the chorus.”

  Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints

• “Other girls were provided with a kind of castanets, -- two flat pieces of hard dark wood, connected by a string.”

  Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints

• “Mexican Girl" brings in some obvious yet suitable flourishes, such as castanets and Spanish guitar, neither of which one tends to associate with the Beach Boys.”

  Expecting Rain

• “They were weak and paused often, catching themselves, in the act of stooping, with giddy motions, or staggering to the center of operations with their knees shaking like castanets.”

  The Wisdom of the Trail

• “They were weak, and paused often, catching themselves, in the act of stooping, with giddy motions, or staggering to the centre of operations with their knees shaking like castanets.”

  THE WISDOM OF THE TRAIL

• “La Movida first showed the world that Spain — which now conjures up images of Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum, Pedro Almod ó var's melodramas and Ferran Adri à 's foams — could mean more than castanets, bull fights and suntan lotion.”

  The Wall Street Journal: In Madrid, the Party Goes On, Austero Style

• “The castanets of her many bracelets tinck-tincked as her bright eyes surveyed the room taking in the surface of things.”

  Simon & Schuster: Three Stages of Amazement

• “The castanets dangling from her key chain clatter in her hand.”

  The Huffington Post: Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red -- "Look, Jack, It's Over!!"

• “She lifts her arms above her head and makes castanets of her fingers.”

  Fictionaut: Castanets '84

• “For a run-through of the new song "On and On," Mr. Weckerman shakes both a rainstick and castanets before switching to a pitch pipe, while the band's other drummer, Stan Demeski, strikes a tambourine, the song slowly cresting.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Feelies Decide It's Time

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