How to Use octet in a Sentence

octet

noun
  • Things may not be so bad for the octet, at least in the short run.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The band is an octet, so the members know how to play well with others.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Their chief crime, the octet were told, was in claiming the disease looked like SARS.
    — Laurie Garrett, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Wolfgang needs to be with his octet in order to finish the job.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • No matter the chaos—from a lively octet of kids, canines, and cats—this kitchen keeps the calm.
    — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
  • Some kid with five bucks will pick the one with the most X’s scrawled across the back cover, bring it home and have her mind blown by some crazy octet.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2021
  • One of the likely reasons Modest Mouse grew from a power trio to an octet was to give Brock more breathing room.
    — Dylan Owens, The Know, 28 Feb. 2017
  • But it’s also got sitars, tape loops, a string octet, jazzy horns, and psychedelic funk drones.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The most famous and best octet in music history is Mendelssohn’s, written when the composer was 16.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The most famous and best octet in music history is Mendelssohn’s, written when the composer was 16.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The most famous and best octet in music history is Mendelssohn’s, written when the composer was 16.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The most famous and best octet in music history is Mendelssohn’s, written when the composer was 16.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The most famous and best octet in music history is Mendelssohn’s, written when the composer was 16.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The crowd was decidedly smaller Thursday night, but the octet played with a passion big enough to fill a stadium.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2019
  • The octet features five teams ranked in the top-10 in the state in their respective divisions, including two teams currently ranked No. 1.
    — John Snodgrass, Cincinnati.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Before her, an octet of burly men in matching fatigues and beige do-rags danced with gusto to orchestral strains and a martial drumbeat.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • But the English-language track does act as an introduction to the octet's latest artistic foray.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • That octet supplies lift, while another propeller on the nose provides thrust.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2021
  • An octet consisting of the British marque’s entire 2010 model line finished in a one-off orange will be auctioned off by Bonhams next month as part of the Zoute Sale.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Composed when Mendelssohn was only 16, the octet brims with youthful energy, but also contains great depths.
    — Dallas News, 4 June 2022
  • The show itself was a visual spectacular that featured performances by rapper 22Gz, a dance crew, a string octet, drummers, and a choir.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2021
  • There’s a Busby Berkeley moment when the leggy octet surrounds a reclining Rodrigo, shot from an overhead camera for the big screen in the rear.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024
  • For this year’s Christmas concerts, the male vocal octet Cantus is serving up a welcome reminder that the rewards of giving don’t have to be gleaned from passing on gadgetry and games.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2019
  • An octet of monks led the show with an opening prayer, followed by the young Mexican group Los Vega, whom Glass had discovered playing outside of his building, and who whipped up the crowd with a small but fiery set.
    — Ronald Hart, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Rukare said the octet are in mandatory quarantine, standard procedure for all Olympic arrivals.
    — Junko Ogura, Julia Hollingsworth and Angus Watson, CNN, 20 June 2021
  • The octet kept things rather simple (by SNL standards) for both performances, with their staging consisting of just their instruments and some lighting effects.
    — Jd Knapp, PEOPLE.com, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Season 3 pushes them toward the narrative center, resulting in an octet of chapters that feels like a minor but not insignificant dip from the first two.
    — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • From its opening melody climbing ever upward to the giddy energy of its conclusion, the octet is suffused with unalloyed joy.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Fortuitously for Puth and K-pop octet, the song’s poppy beat and uplifting melody keep reviving them, and, in the video, Stray Kids even pull off some impressive dance moves on a floor covered in about four inches of water.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
  • While that octet encompasses the standard Performers category, the class doubles in size due to the inclusion of various backdoor inductees.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024

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