variants
or less commonly quartette
1
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of four
especially
: the performers of a quartet
Examples of quartet in a Sentence
He is a member of a jazz quartet.
a string quartet by Beethoven
The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.
Recent Examples on the Web
That’s still true with the New Hollywood, formed in 2001, four decades after the original Hollywood quartet disbanded.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
No Party for Cao Dong quartet achieved fame seven years ago with a previous trio of awards; best new artist, best band and song of the year – at the 2017 edition of the GMAs.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 July 2024
The quartet grew up in Detroit with four other siblings.
—Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 1 July 2024
The famous quartet certainly deserves plenty of credit, with Messi and Suarez combining for 24 of Miami’s league-leading 46 goals heading into the road game Saturday against Nashville SC.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
No Party for Cao Dong quartet achieved fame seven years ago with a previous trio of awards; best new artist, best band and song of the year – at the 2017 edition of the GMAs.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 July 2024
The quartet grew up in Detroit with four other siblings.
—Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 1 July 2024
The famous quartet certainly deserves plenty of credit, with Messi and Suarez combining for 24 of Miami’s league-leading 46 goals heading into the road game Saturday against Nashville SC.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for quartet
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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quartet
noun
quar·tet
variants
also quartette
1
a
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
b
: the performers of a quartet
2
: a group or set of four
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