How to Use violin in a Sentence

violin

noun

• Or does a man-meat violin with a bone bow just look creepy?
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2021
• My father played the violin and people would just stop in the room.
  — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• One of the first and only directions [Nolan] gave me was to use the violin.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• This included hallways, next to the violins, in the middle of the horn section and on the opera singers.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
• And all the horn lines on our final version are based on that violin line.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2022
• And Jessie, now 36, has played violin in the theater’s orchestras and coached the kids on their songs.
  — Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• The late priest is known for his great faith, humility and love of the violin.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2021
• The fliers’ flute can barely be heard over the clash of violins, drums and guitars below.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Her son rises at 5:30 to read and play the violin beside her.
  — Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• His sister was a singer and his brother played the violin.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
• Suddenly, from one of the rooms, a cello and violin could be heard.
  — Adi Rubinstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• The duo will perform violin sonatas by Beethoven, Debussy and Franck.
  — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• He was born in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1886 and learned to play the piano and violin as a child.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2021
• Borowski plays the wooden flute and was trying to learn the violin prior to the shooting.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 4 July 2021
• Aves, the same way knowing how to place your fingers on a violin gives you a head start on the cello, the lute, and the electric guitar.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
• The playback person responds to the violin soloist, as does the violinist with the tape.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• But two weeks before the big day, Ray opens his violin case to find only a white sneaker.
  — Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
• The violins indeed soared toward the sun, then veered into seething brass.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• The crowd gathered around the podium set in front of the gray building as a violin quartet played somber string music.
  — Jenna Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
• Casey was named after St. Francis Solanus, who lived in the 17th century and who, like Casey, loved to play the violin.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2021
• His mother, Sheneen McClain, said her son was a kind soul who loved to play the violin.
  — CBS News, 2 Sep. 2021
• As its core, his theme is played by the violin in a very simple, intimate way with six notes.
  — Vulture, 27 July 2023
• The method my teacher uses is private violin lessons and a group one.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 July 2021
• Fitted with a half-sized rental violin, the young Kevin quickly took to the instrument.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2021
• In the asylum, Mary is haunted by the violin playing of her 11-year-old daughter.
  — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 22 July 2021
• Gillis played her violin for a recording as El Sistema students from around the world played along.
  — Brooke Edwards, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
• So, too, the slackness that can sometimes be detected in the first violins.
  — David Allen, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Recently, in his late 60s, my dad decided to learn how to play the violin.
  — Longreads, 27 Jan. 2023
• The song begins simply with a plucked violin, before layers of sweet, earthy acoustic guitar, the low hum of bass, and flourishes of harp come in.
  — James Factora, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
• Their music, enhanced by an electric violin and soulful vocals, offers a crisp take on modern love and wanderlust.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024