instrument

[ˈɪnstrəmənt]

Definition:
1. A device that requires skill for proper use.
2. The means whereby some act is accomplished.
3. A person used by another to gain an end.

Use 'instrument' in a sentence:

• 1. A pen is an instrument used in writing with ink.
• 2. The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
• 3. If you want to play an instrument well, you've got to stick at it.
• 4. There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
• 5. It was a clarinet up there, nice and high, and then another instrument came in.
• 6. You can blend in so that the voice becomes just another instrument in the band.
• 7. Go in and ask him the price of the instrument.
• 8. As I said, tone quality differs from instrument to instrument.
• 9. The old man was tutoring her in the stringed instruments.
• 10. His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers.
• 11. Most pupils learn a musical instrument.
• 12. The film is eloquent as it explores the relationship between artist and instrument.
• 13. The stethoscope is a medical instrument.
• 14. Only half of the spacecraft's six science instruments are still in working order.
• 15. Today's clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
• 16. In India and Bali students learn to vocalize music before ever picking up instruments.
• 17. This instrument is highly sensitive.
• 18. Mr. Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was a German instrument maker.
• 19. You can listen to it, or take up playing an instrument in your spare time.
• 20. A scalpel is a surgical instrument.
• 21. The drum is one of the oldest musical instruments.
• 22. What was the first instrument?
• 23. An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall.
• 24. Her hands trembled slightly as she reached for the instrument.
• 25. This precision instrument is worth 10,000 yuan.
• 26. Most pupils learn (to play) a musical instrument.
• 27. She was no mean performer on a variety of other instruments.
• 28. Tom plays a traditional string instrument.
• 29. What instrument comes to mind when you think of rock'n'roll?
• 30. You can buy perfectly good instruments for a lot less.
• 31. The power supply on this instrument had failed, so it could no longer be used.
• 32. There is always an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
• 33. The keyboard is a large and clumsy instrument as far as portable computers are concerned.
• 34. No kidding, it's not easy to get a universal instrument these days.
• 35. As I mentioned, the instrument was played horizontally, on the lap.
• 36. The law is not the best instrument for dealing with family matters.
• 37. A musician is a person who plays an instrument or writes songs.
• 38. A language is a finely tuned instrument which it is a crime to damage.
• 39. The instrument came back to life.
• 40. Then a percussion instrument came in.
• 41. They had failed to recognise signs on their instrument panel indicating a serious problem in the left engine.
• 42. The instruments will register every change of direction or height.
• 43. The instruments glowed in the bright orange light.
• 44. Now the instrument that is playing is a low tuba, a low brass instrument.
• 45. The instrument is beautifully made in brass.
• 46. The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again.
• 47. The Pioneer probes have on board ultraviolet instruments which are measuring light that we can't measure on the earth.
• 48. It can translate data from maps or remote sensing instruments into images.
• 49. The film explores the relationship between artist and instrument.
• 50. Instruments developed at the hospital allow doctors to thread microscopic telescopes into the digestive tract.
• 51. He draws a unique full sound from the instrument.
• 52. Learning a musical instrument introduces a child to an understanding of music.
• 53. Data from these instruments is telemetered to the laboratory.
• 54. Is he learning an instrument?
• 55. Language is an instrument for communication.