nocturne

Example Sentences

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The pianist is playing a nocturne, a lovely bit of night music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

She plays a nocturne of some kind, echoing, transparent melodies.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2022

“And then something will surface. I just wrote my first real classical piece, a nocturne for piano and orchestra. I hope I get it played here sometime.”

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

Chopin may have perfected the piano nocturne, but he didn’t invent it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2016

She got my bathrobe for me, and then she dried my hair with those powerful fingers of hers as gently as she might coax a nocturne from our old piano.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson