quintette

Example Sentences

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The flying wheel of arms and legs slacked, ran a few times, then slowly stopped, and the Polydore quintette assumed normal positions.

From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Maniates, Belle Kanaris

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

The Seniors want all of our quintette to serve on the committee of entertainment.

From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

Our quintette was very much opposed to lollapalussers, male or female.

From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

That quintette of Hummel's is a most charming composition—so flowing and elegant—and one can display a good deal of virtuosity in the last part of it.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy