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violin

[vahy-uh-lin] / ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn /
NOUN
musical instrument
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Instead, she just fits it in when she can between piano and violin lessons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

When he was 20, he left to play violin and conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Music: A trio of violin, string bass and accordion played Presley’s No. 1 hit “Love Me Tender”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

David Baerwald holds up his most precious possession so that it’s visible on our video conference: a very old violin in a very old, battered case.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Mrs. Peters shook her head again, her voice shrill over the single violin.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Using every tool at his disposal — namely his violins, guitars, looping machine and expressive voice — Bird created a whirling one-man-band effect that somehow awed and soothed the crowd in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

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

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

And if you hear trembling violins and thrumming cellos, you might lapse into a vision of storm-whipped waves.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 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

The violins alone take forty-five minutes, half of which they spend being chatty.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper



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