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violin

[vahy-uh-lin] / ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn /
NOUN
musical instrument
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Weimar in the early 1920s was a bohemia where a young Marlene Dietrich, studying violin in the city, could meet Alma Mahler, the widow of Gustav and former wife of Gropius.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The name reflects the offensive's four stages, or seasons - like the Italian composer's violin concerto.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The violin invites us to look past the ruined stonework to a truer Scotland, one accessible only through its music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the tracks are enriched with synthesizers, violin, flute, trumpet and clarinet — all five members are multi-instrumentalists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Attention and perseverance behaviors of preschool children enrolled in Suzuki violin lessons and other activities.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Of course there’s comfort in the familiar, in the oboes or ocarinas of the ordinary world, in its violins and shamisens and diddley bows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

At an early rehearsal he told the kids, some playing cardboard violins, that if they practice hard enough he promised he would bring them to Walt Disney Concert Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

They all held polished violins under their chins, the bows poised at identical angles.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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