How to Use recital in a Sentence
recital
noun-
Ramirez isn’t doing a one-man recital of Casey at the Bat.
— Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2022 -
By the day of my recital, Haas and I both had our escapes from Basel planned.
— Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024 -
That recital would instantly be one of the hottest tickets in the city.
— Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023 -
The recital was a re-creation of a 1910 program by the Kneisel Quartet.
— Joe Banno, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019 -
The cellist and the pianist share the stage in a recital livestreamed from the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
— Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021 -
Why is the piano recital at the same time as the end-of-season sports banquet?
— Jennifer Folsom, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2019 -
The dancers are in the midst of learning their routines for a recital scheduled for June 20.
— Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2020 -
He was supposed to join Brandy and his youngest son, Ryan, at his school for a band recital.
— Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 28 May 2020 -
Foster has performed in slams and recitals for about half of her 39 years.
— Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2019 -
The play concludes with the elders leaving to go see the younger women at their recital.
— Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2021 -
Her senior recital took place the same day that protests over the death of Freddie Gray began.
— Elizabeth Nonemaker, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2022 -
Here is a music item: Evgeny Kissin played a recital in Carnegie Hall.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 May 2024 -
For a review of Yefim Bronfman, the pianist, in recital at Carnegie Hall, go here.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 May 2024 -
The other girls are committed, fine, but that recital could mean a lot to that girl.
— Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2019 -
With that in mind, a wholesale treatment of the record is more chamber recital than jive pageant.
— oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2020 -
At dance recitals and school events, my parents were always there.
— Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024 -
And these for an old-fashioned Lied recital on the day before Liszt’s 210th birthday.
— Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021 -
Wang, for her recital, didn’t announce her program in advance or on the stage.
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 -
Join with others for a recital by students of the mother and daughter team of Jody and Caryl Guinn.
— cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019 -
Seong-jin Cho, the young Korean pianist, played a recital in Carnegie Hall.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 May 2024 -
Grocery shopping can be done via an app while waiting for the kids’ recital to start.
— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2020 -
And for a review of Elza van den Heever, the South African soprano, in recital, go here.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Apr. 2022 -
After the recital, Kate vents to her boss/co-worker Phillip about her fight with Toby.
— Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2022 -
The photo is the latest Khloé has shared from daughter True Thompson and Dream's first dance recital.
— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022 -
But some bits, like Rogers missing his daughter’s recital while trying to seal the deal, come off as cliché.
— WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023 -
In April 2022, Tyler shared photos of Boheme from a recent dance recital.
— Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Here’s a review of Beatrice Rana, the young Italian pianist, in recital.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022 -
For a review of Sally Matthews, the British soprano, in recital, go here.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020 -
That was the title of the first recital of the New Dance Group, a socially minded collective formed in 1932.
— New York Times, 22 Oct. 2020 -
The school still put on its recital — although that year’s took the form of videos stitched together of the students dancing at home.
— Kimberly Aguirre, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
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