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
The ensemble backdrop is crystalline, misty sighs, while the solo cello line expands into melancholy arias without words; sometimes the tone is passionate, dark-hued nocturne, sometimes ethereal lullaby.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
“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
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
