How to Use cellist in a Sentence

cellist

noun
  • There was a black cellist and there was a black choir and a black pastor.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 23 May 2018
  • On warm evenings, a cellist sat on the street corner with his case open.
    — Catherine Cusick, Longreads, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Years have passed, and Brandon is deeply in love with a cellist.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 June 2018
  • Not only one of our finest cellists, but one of the most hardworking as well.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Residents were won over by the cellist’s passion and his poise.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Haden is a cellist and vocalist.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Chittester will be front and center, with a drummer, bassist and cellist onstage too.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 24 Apr. 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
  • The plot remains still under wraps but the feature is believed to be centered on a cellist.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
  • After the show, Sabine, 18, a cellist and former camper, spoke on stage.
    — Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The actor and musician has been with artist and cellist Tanya Haden for over two decades.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Plot details are vague at this time but Gilroy has said in interviews that the film revolves around a cellist.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Plot details are vague at this time, but Gilroy has said in interviews that the film revolves around a cellist.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Plot details are vague at this time, but Gilroy has said in interviews that the film revolves around a cellist.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ou-yang Nana was trained to become a classic cellist, but dropped out of school to pursue acting full time.
    — Angela Chen, The Seattle Times, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Rosé was the conductor of the Auschwitz women’s orchestra and was in need of a cellist.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
  • However, being a skilled cellist is not Lala’s only gift.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Barbara Spencer, the matriarch of the farm, is a former studio cellist with a stylist’s eye.
    — Gillian Ferguson, Bon Appetit, 8 May 2017
  • Zalkin founded the fest, along with his wife and fellow cellist Alice Yoo.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
  • Also on the faculty, for years and years, was a great cellist, Janos Starker.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Gudnadóttir trained as a classical cellist from the age of six, but was surrounded by every kind of sound.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • About a year after that, cellist Judy Stone joined, which opened more musical options for them.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Every day, for 22 days, a cellist from the nearby orchestra comes and plays the same sad song in front of the bakery.
    — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The cellist and the pianist share the stage in a recital livestreamed from the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 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
  • For a lot of these kids, Johnson might be their first exposure to the cello, let alone to a Black cellist.
    — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • There was the choir, the teenage cellist, the sermon, everything about Doria Ragland.
    — Vogue, 25 Dec. 2018
  • 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
  • Maryam d'Abo's cellist Bond girl Kara Milovy isn't serving much of a look here in her cold-weather day wear.
    — EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025

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