How to Use bandstand in a Sentence

bandstand

noun
Definition of bandstandnext
  • Crowder, the last to leave the bandstand, went to fetch his hat.
    — Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Around this time, Mr. Heath’s life off the bandstand took a turn.
    — Giovanni Russonello, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Fallon’s desk was one side of the stage and The Roots’ bandstand on the other.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2022
  • There was a bandstand on one side of Main Street and a booze tent on the other.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 July 2021
  • The town of Putnam allowed the use of the bandstand and sound system, and the closing of Bridge Street.
    — Hartford Courant, 20 May 2022
  • The bandstand has been the focal point of Clarkdale since at least 1917.
    — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
  • The cement dance floor in front of the bandstand was also jam-packed with dancers.
    — La Cañada Valley Sun, 3 Sep. 2019
  • As 1,200 people watched, Debs stepped to the front of a wooden bandstand.
    — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 15 June 2018
  • Bring your dancing shoes to take a few spins on the cement dance floor right in front of the bandstand.
    — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 15 July 2019
  • Since the 1930s, the Nativity scene has been placed near the town’s bandstand.
    — Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 28 June 2020
  • The grand ballroom was up on the 18th floor, with a vaulted ceiling, bandstand and dance floor.
    — Dallas News, 24 May 2022
  • Bands of all genres perform each week at the bandstand.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 31 July 2022
  • And there's even a tradition of calling tunes from the bandstand.
    — Annie Alleman, Aurora Beacon-News, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The village green was clear-cut and bulldozed, the wooden bandstand taken down, the dirt roads paved and widened.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2021
  • The balconies and base of the bandstand were covered in the national colors.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Formal but not stuffy, the restaurant has its own bandstand.
    — Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2019
  • During her two decades in New York, Davis’s presence on the bandstand was a kind of bellwether.
    — Jon Garelick, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Behind the curtain was a dark-stained wooden stage with a bandstand.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Art galleries, restaurants and shops sit near the square, which centers on a bandstand.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 28 May 2022
  • Already, the bandstand stairs have been closed to the public, and workers took measurements of the site late last week.
    — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
  • In 2019, the Knights of Columbus asked for permission to move the scene back to the bandstand or boardwalk, but the request was denied.
    — Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 28 June 2020
  • DeSanto, waiting to sit in with the younger bad-ass white boys who kept the little bandstand lit.
    — Bart Bull, SPIN, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The one bright spot is the bandstand, its backdrop a red circle edged in flames spiked with giant matchsticks.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Across the street, the bandstand stood snow-covered and, with Christmas now over, unlighted.
    — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Across the lawn, green as a golf course, an Elvis impersonator croons from a bandstand that used to be a flatbed trailer.
    — Meadow Rue Merrill, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The park is now equipped with a bandstand bearing Ridley’s name.
    — Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot, 19 Oct. 2017
  • His motions around the instrument and the bandstand were a part of his performance too.
    — Ben Ratliff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • From the main stage to the bandstand, musicians sang and played everything from country to rock.
    — By Anne Marie Hunter, kansascity.com, 9 June 2017
  • The experience transformed his career on and off the bandstand.
    — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Loading your audio article On and off the bandstand, Gail Dobson had a gift for bringing people together.
    — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'bandstand.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: