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violin

[vahy-uh-lin] / ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn /
NOUN
musical instrument
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Leading the orchestra from the violin, Elisa Citterio maintained a speedy pace that did not always coordinate with what was happening onstage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Occasionally Mr. Paul’s violin swoons and shrieks in a manner we associate with the instrument, but he’s just as likely to use it as a starting point for an electronic drone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

He handles a violin and a sniper’s rifle with equal dexterity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

It is a riff on the Prelude from Bach’s Partita No. 3 for solo violin, the first music heard in the late architect’s Walt Disney Concert Hall while still under construction.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

The strings of the violin, the part that made the sound, was the edge of his wing.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

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

From Salon Jun. 5, 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

Where do the world’s best violins come from?

From MarketWatch Mar. 5, 2026

She has created both a three-day “Jazz String Summit” in Chicago and a 15-piece Stringtet, of mostly violins, violas, cellos and basses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

Crowned queen a year after purchasing the 1546 Amati violins, she introduced to the French court what amounted to a complete lifestyle after the Italian fashion.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall



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