octet
Example Sentences
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The malignant Nurse conjures up a pack of monkeys, an octet of twirling black dresses, and a silver-painted dancer to seduce the Dyer’s Wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But when you ask them about all that success, the octet are suddenly bashful.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
That program began with a small octet by Stravinsky and Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
The quartet are actually an octet, if their AI counterparts are to be counted – an inventive exercise in transmedia storytelling to match their forward-thinking pop sound.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
I saw one of the moonlight boys pick Miss Williams up in his arms and go toward the stage entrance, other members of the octet following, except myself.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various