How to Use mariachi in a Sentence

mariachi

noun
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  • Jose Hernandez is always on the go in the name of mariachi.
    — Justino Aguila, Billboard, 16 June 2018
  • But the tradition of mariachi goes back more than 100 years.
    — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Miguel’s grandmother even wacks a mariachi over the head with a shoe to stop him from playing.
    — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2017
  • In the span of six months, Izguerra and the three cousins rallied eight other female mariachis to join their new group.
    — Bianca Sanchez, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • The band, whose members range in age from 13 to 18 years old, stood in the aisle to play their instruments and sing a classic mariachi song.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 July 2018
  • This is not the Mexico of mariachi or of guacamole or of refried beans.
    — Peter Mandel, Washington Post, 28 June 2019
  • In the competitive world of high school mariachi, South Texas’s border towns offer the best and the brightest.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers brought out a blaring mariachi band.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Nodal is up for best ranchero/mariachi album and best regional song.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The best silver outfits glimpsed so far: a guy in a glittery mariachi suit, a woman dressed as an alien superstar, and a dude in full chain mail.
    — Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The mural is part of a series of works by Luis Valderas which feature his father dressed in his mariachi ensemble.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Throughout the concert, her songs are reimagined in a call to a new generation of fans to preserve the tradition of the mariachi.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Every Tuesday this season, the Dodgers have hosted a mariachi to play before and during games.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Los Camperos played on the record, as did Mariachi Vargas de Tecatitlán, widely considered the best mariachi in the world.
    — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2022
  • In Mexico, the mariachi serenades were delivered to mom by video - or a drive by.
    — David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2020
  • The two of them are going to eat at a Mexican restaurant in nearby Lowell that Omayra likes; on Thursdays there is live mariachi.
    — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
  • As fans entered the gates, they were greeted with a mariachi belting out festive Mexican folk tunes.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Puente-Catán said mariachi singing in Mexico is very similar in style and technique to opera singing and many mariachis have transitioned to the opera stage.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Tortillas are made by hand, the brunch menu offers bottomless mimosas and there is a live mariachi every Sunday.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But nothing beats the tradition of hiring mariachi bands or trios to serenade moms — sometimes early enough in the morning to wake them up!
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • The event, which starts at 8 p.m., will feature live mariachi and performances, a community fair and dozens of Mexican food trucks.
    — Javier Arce, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Spiky trumpet lines hint at mariachi, but for the most part Frank favors an abstracted sense of musical locale.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • Once inside, people passed slowly through, listening to prayers, singers and mariachis.
    — Robert Moore, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Its owner, John Murphy, a father of nine children, had taught his mariachi musicians Irish songs to perform on March 17.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The song plays as guests in boats pass among 240 dolls of many nations with identical faces — tiny can-can and folk dancers, mermaids and mariachi bands — plus Big Ben, the Taj Mahal and grinning farm animals.
    — Anita Gates, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • To help celebrate Mothers’ Day with the whole family there will be live mariachis, free flowers to all mothers and special gifts for a special mom.
    — Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 4 May 2017
  • My daughter has participated in mariachi and all of a sudden Ms. Luna is gone.
    — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The one with the eight-piece mariachi — seven men and a woman — wearing white charros with Dodger blue moños, or bow ties, for a dash of color that gives the ballpark a feel unlike any other in Major League Baseball.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • At break time, a mariachi in full regalia began to play, and Cardenas sank into a chair set up under a shade structure, gathered up creams and bandages, and bent over her blistered, swollen feet.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The Mexican artist Nodal has two nominations for best ranchero/mariachi album and best regional song.
    — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023

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