Example Sentences

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The mandolinist in “Éclat,” for instance, was Sol Babitz, the father of the late, quintessential L.A. writer Eve Babitz.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

And leave it to an extroverted, stellar and spectacular mandolinist to have already lived up to that title by walking on stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Less, however, has been said of how Mr. Osborne, whose syncopated, lyrical playing was inspired by the jazz-derived solos of old-time fiddlers, broke new ground as a mandolinist.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

It’s a story not only of mandolinist and singer Duffey, but of dozens of other people who made Washington a hotbed of bluegrass music.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2019

He did not see himself in the character of a mandolinist.

From Don Orsino by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)