quintette

Example Sentences

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I heard the Meistersingers' quintette sung in Paris.

From On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music by Saint-Saëns, Camille

Jesting in this fashion the quintette had again taken up their walk, this time headed for Acasia House.

From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline

Still another of this famous quintette to whom the running of a 650 mile railroad division was as but part of a day’s work—James H. Hustis.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward

As Hamilton continued to gather in her own for the college year, the Sanford quintette found themselves in flattering demand.

From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline

She attended him to the portico, disclaiming, cautioning, and thanking him,—gesticulating through it all—as the wickedest of the wicked quintette of observers had it—"like a lunatic windmill."

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion