nocturne

Example Sentences

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She plays a nocturne of some kind, echoing, transparent melodies.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2022

Chopin may have perfected the piano nocturne, but he didn’t invent it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2016

In a nocturne evoking the bells of Geneva, he then turned each into an epic tolling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2016

But you are set in another part of their habitual world, a nocturne of ice crystals and cloud and wind and darkness.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2016

She got my bathrobe for me, and then she dried my hair with those powerful fingers of hers as gently as she might coax a nocturne from our old piano.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson