How to Use violin in a Sentence

violin

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  • One of the first and only directions [Nolan] gave me was to use the violin.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • This included hallways, next to the violins, in the middle of the horn section and on the opera singers.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • And all the horn lines on our final version are based on that violin line.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2022
  • And Jessie, now 36, has played violin in the theater’s orchestras and coached the kids on their songs.
    — Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The fliers’ flute can barely be heard over the clash of violins, drums and guitars below.
    — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Suddenly, from one of the rooms, a cello and violin could be heard.
    — Adi Rubinstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The duo will perform violin sonatas by Beethoven, Debussy and Franck.
    — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The playback person responds to the violin soloist, as does the violinist with the tape.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But two weeks before the big day, Ray opens his violin case to find only a white sneaker.
    — Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The violins indeed soared toward the sun, then veered into seething brass.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The crowd gathered around the podium set in front of the gray building as a violin quartet played somber string music.
    — Jenna Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
  • As its core, his theme is played by the violin in a very simple, intimate way with six notes.
    — Vulture, 27 July 2023
  • So, too, the slackness that can sometimes be detected in the first violins.
    — David Allen, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Recently, in his late 60s, my dad decided to learn how to play the violin.
    — Longreads, 27 Jan. 2023
  • One of the world's biggest competitions for the violin has a new winner.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Brinker, of Palms Middle School, started playing the violin in fourth grade.
    — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • His father was among the first expert violin-makers in Japan.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Owl had been invited to play the violin and Arko was there with his family.
    — Vanessa Infanzon, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Second-string originally meant a set of violin strings kept on hand in case the strings in the instrument broke.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Yellowcard Showing up at the Warped Tour with a violin is bound to get a person noticed.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
  • So his Young Strings journey began with free lessons on violin.
    — Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The clarinets played a lascivious dance, queasily passed on to the violins.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • And then there’s the Polish word for violin, imparted to me by my grandmother: skrzypce.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023
  • When your party guests hear that violin, nothing will stop them from getting on their feet and swinging along.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The pair also spends a lot of time downstairs in the double parlor, where McGillen teaches music and plays her violin and piano.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Crowley at first sought to build double basses, and the violin-making part of his training captured him.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Backed by only a bassline and the live finger plucks of violin strings, Sada starts out unusually timid.
    — Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Williams’ violin-centric score ended up being one of his masterpieces, as the film is one of Spielberg’s.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2023
  • At age 5, Morgan received a violin for Christmas and later went on to take piano lessons.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Another group of sixth graders, each holding a violin or a cello, read out notes from sheet music.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024

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