How to Use cellist in a Sentence

cellist

noun

• The hot cellist stole some of the attention on the big day.
  — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 19 May 2018
• The cellist was the Afro-wearing, 19-year-old Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
  — Valerie Russ, Philly.com, 19 May 2018
• The organists will be accompanied by cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
  — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 18 May 2018
• Among the standout moments was a beautiful performance from 19-year-old cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
  — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 19 May 2018
• And in the end, the decision was made to go for a cellist.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
• The cellist and the pianist share the stage in a recital livestreamed from the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• There was a black cellist and there was a black choir and a black pastor.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 23 May 2018
• Years have passed, and Brandon is deeply in love with a cellist.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 June 2018
• By the end of the ’70s, Dutton and the cellist David Finckel had joined, and the roster was set for more than three decades.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma first picked up his instrument at the age of 4.
  — Ashley Fetters, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2020
• There was the choir, the teenage cellist, the sermon, everything about Doria Ragland.
  — Vogue, 25 Dec. 2018
• The two young cellists set up shop on her porch and played their instruments to the woman inside.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 17 Mar. 2020
• Residents were won over by the cellist’s passion and his poise.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
• Isis Hainsworth plays Emily, a skilled cellist whom Kevin recruits to be in the group over Hunter’s objections.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• The cellist Denys Karachevtsev now lives in Berlin but spent the first year of the war in his hometown, Kharkiv, the site of vicious fighting at the beginning of the conflict.
  — Ben Miller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Watkins, who is fifty-three and grew up in Wales, was tapped to join the quartet in 2013, after its longtime cellist David Finckel left.
  — Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Plus, the cellist earns his first No. 1 on Classical Albums.
  — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 2 June 2018
• He was accompanied by a guitarist, a cellist, and a bassist.
  — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 9 Feb. 2020
• The violinist and cellist are key players, and the brass section has a French horn and a trombone as well as a trumpet.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 26 June 2018
• The sparkling heels of the cellist move so slightly, as if in a restrained, secret tango keeping time with her cello.
  — James Florio, National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2019
• The soundtrack, though, comes from the Canadian cellist Zoe Keating.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2021
• In the loft, a cellist was filming a music video, her brooding arpeggios mixing with the whiz and whirs of machinery.
  — Tiffany May Louise Delmotte, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• Starker, by the way, was a great cellist, an American who was born Jewish in Hungary.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 June 2023
• But because of a recent letter, the soon-to-be 11-year-old was treated Monday to a surprise of her own, from renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
• Bailey, a cellist and the artistic director of the Sitka Music Festival, knew his fingers would feel the sting of the cold as the sled pulled away from the airstrip.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2019
• Acclaimed cellist John Lutterman will explore the range of the cello, from dark and sonorous to bright and expressive.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
• Cathy, a flutist, and Jonathan, a cellist, began playing on the porch of their Pasadena, California, home.
  — Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• With her death, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a cellist, is believed to be the only member of the orchestra still alive.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 15 July 2021
• They were joined by two violists, a violinist and a cellist, and photos of Keith were shown on the large screen behind him as audience members sang along.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Several of Olivia’s former music teachers played live jazz throughout—a nod to her roots as an accomplished cellist—and at one point her brother Gus also played the piano.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024