quintette

Example Sentences

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They would have a quintette of the same stripe with which to deal.

From Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore 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

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

The party ate what Neale and the girls prepared, and there was very little said among the quintette.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma

Delightful music; two quartettes of Beethoven's, a quintette of Mozart's, which I heard at Joseph Coolidge's some thirty or more years ago.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe