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Examples of musicale in a Sentence
gathered every month in someone's home for an informal musicale
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Hyacinth Bridgerton and Gareth St. Clair meet at the Smythe-Smith musicale, an annual performance by one of London’s most notorious quartets.
—Leah Campano, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2022
Two new compact disks, both of them more or less perfect and charming, evoke the ambience of the Proustian musicale.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
The concert itself felt both intimate and grand — like a musicale staged in a living room with 2,364 vacant red seats.
—Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020
In 2013, John Pizzarelli figured among a handful of musicians invited to the Supreme Court’s annual musicale.
—oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2019
Having left her 1-year-old daughter, Millicent, in Washington with her parents, Mabel solaced herself with the bustle of dinners, carriage rides, musicales and games of whist mainly organized by the town’s eminent couple, Susan and Austin Dickinson.
—Brenda Wineapple, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
With Centennial chairwoman Jan Buckley, gala chairs Deepa Pakianathan and Diane Zack led a musicale — its largest ever — that raised more than $1 million for student scholarships and community engagement programs on March 19.
—Catherine Bigelow, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
At one of the musicales, Mrs. Bodine had a first date with her future husband, John W. Bodine.
—Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 13 July 2017
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Word History
Etymology
French soirée musicale, literally, musical evening
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
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“Musicale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musicale. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
musicale
noun
mu·si·cale
ˌmyü-zi-ˈkal
: a usually private social gathering to hear music
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