quintette

Example Sentences

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Ten minutes later Lennie Browne, one of the juniors, disturbed the quintette on the wheelbarrow with a message.

From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by Campbell, John

She attended him to the portico, disclaiming, cautioning, and thanking him,—gesticulating through it all—as the wickedest of the wicked quintette of observers had it—"like a lunatic windmill."

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

Deep in the exploration of the menu, the Sanford quintette were unaware that they had attracted any special attention from the diners at the one other occupied table in the room.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

As far as I am concerned, it is not unlike being suddenly given a bass part in a quintette, where the other four know their music off by heart.

From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872 by Various

At Lyons the quintette dissolved with emotional embraces, the four going westward, and he northward in the night train.

From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry