quintette

Example Sentences

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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

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

And looking downward, the quintette saw the bottom strewn with oysters of unusual size, lying so close together that in many places they seemed to touch each other.

From Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

A full turn out of all college societies and classes is requested in order to fitly welcome this noted quintette.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

The next instant five black and scarlet figures flashed forth onto the gymnasium floor to meet the gray-clad quintette that advanced from the opposite side of the room.

From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Lester, Pauline