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
The sonnet is a trunk, and you must pack With care, to ship frail baggage far away; The octet is the trunk; sestet, the tray; Tight, but not overloaded, is the knack.
From Chimneysmoke by Morley, Christopher
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