How to Use octave in a Sentence

octave

noun

• He sang the song an octave lower.
• And as soon as the song makes the baby leap in octave, from G4 to G5, she gets tripped up in it.
  — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 18 Jan. 2018
• The eighth is the same as the first, except it is sung one octave higher.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2021
• The cow-like chant raised an octave each time Cowser swung the bat.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024
• His voice rose an octave, sounding on the edge of anger.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 4 July 2020
• When Swift goes up an octave in the track’s second verse.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• Each rest rose in octave and emphasis, to drive the point home.
  — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2020
• This is a long curving bar where five octaves of white and black keys wrap around the 4-foot knee wall.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2020
• Drake's voice drops an octave and her million-words-per minute style of speaking slows to hunt-and-peck.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2021
• The engine note dropped an octave to a growl, and traction control turned off.
  — cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
• Foxes can make sounds that spans five octaves, the same range as Mariah Carey.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• The same thing is true of the main hook: The verse and the chorus are almost the exact same melody, but the chorus shoots an octave higher.
  — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 5 May 2023
• But, as dads do, James raised his baritone a few octaves and talked noodles.
  — Candace Buckner, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
• Jake Shimabukuro Musician Jake Shimabukuro has plucked and strummed his way to fame with four strings and two octaves - those of his ukulele.
  — Amy Wang, OregonLive.com, 18 May 2017
• The melody climbs through Lovato's four-octave range in a soulful cry for help.
  — Shana Naomi Krochmal, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• The drop is where the early 2010s magic happens, a pulsing bass line that moves across octaves to hit the wub-wub sweet spot.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2020
• Also adding to the work’s heft: The big bell, tuned two octaves below the bells overhead, seems less in tune with them than in tension.
  — Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• His voice rose an octave, and his head slunk slightly forward.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022
• In his final line, a pitch slide down an octave, Vogler leaned back, closed his eyes and exhaled, evoking the Don’s last breath.
  — Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2022
• Word quickly spread around town about Houston, the teenage girl with the octave-spanning voice of an angel.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2021
• As he got swept up in his argument, his voice picked up speed and gained about an octave in outrage.
  — David Montgomery, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• My solo hinged on a four-string A-chord with the second, third and fourth strings an octave higher than normal.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
• Thompson has a low octave voice and his words move at an unhurried pace.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• The notes on the 12th fret should be exactly one octave higher than the notes on the corresponding open strings.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2018
• His delivery has a sameness from song to song, and there's not going to be a lot of octave-stretching.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
• In Sport Plus the front spoiler drops down, the rear spoiler lifts up to aid in stability, and the exhaust voice drops an octave.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2020
• That's not the case for Young, whose multi-octave range was on frequent display throughout his 12-song set.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 13 May 2017
• The church purchased three more octaves, added a choir for the youngest beginners, a student choir, another adult bell choir and a chime choir.
  — Marty Price, charlotteobserver, 22 May 2017
• There are seven octaves on a standard piano, with three extra keys at the bottom – B-flat, B and C.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• Marilyn Horne, the great mezzo, had a phenomenal range — which stretched two and a half octaves.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024