How to Use duet in a Sentence

duet

1 of 2 noun
  • They sang the duet beautifully.
  • You guys get one song to sing as a duet.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The duet explores the theme of new love.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The duet has now spent nine weeks on both rankings.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • One side quest was doing pas de deux [a dance duet].
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Recording this duet with him now feels like a dream come true.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2025
  • And of course, there will be a father-daughter duet!
    — Anna Myers, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Pereira matches him in warmth and their duet is a pleasure to watch.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Eleanor Whitmore sang that as a duet with me and came up with some new lyrics.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Worrell’s Knuck more than holds his own with his duets with Ali.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Tonight, each of the finalists teamed up with their coaches for a duet.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 May 2023
  • The two begin their lives apart, backed by a duet sung by the two actresses.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That is your duet with Katie Gavin, of Muna.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Athletes will compete as a team or a duet, with a total of six medals up for grabs.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The duet came together thanks to her husband.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 10 May 2026
  • Take your pick from country, R&B, jazz, rap, pop, love duets and more.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In a final snippet, Hudson shared a clip of her part of the duet.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
  • But the movie is really a two-hander — a duet between a man and his cage.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But these Robertrigo duets are a rare and touching sight.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
  • The duet version of the song was released following the show.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • The ballad is a duet with soft harmonies and restrained pianos.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The duet wasn’t the only segment where Willow showed up.
    — Ryan Brennan march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Love said yes, and their duet appears on Cher’s Christmas, out next week.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The duet underscores a big step for Yearwood.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Making a track a duet is the way to go — just ask Dolly Parton.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
  • The singer followed up the album with a new duet version with Rucker.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The whole duets-album concept was big at the time for musicians to pursue.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The two begin their separate lives, backed by a duet sung by the actresses.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The tempo of this duet with Rosalía will make even the fastest offense feel a step behind.
    — Yifan Wu, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The release confirms the duet that was teased earlier this week by Jisoo.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025

duet

2 of 2 verb
  • Some creators claim to have seen the video but did not share a link, stitch or duet it.
    — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2021
  • This video format is typically used by users on the app to encourage them to duet the video.
    — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • When someone duets with or reacts to another person’s video, the videos appear side by side.
    — Stephanie Thurrott, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Onstage Tuesday, Browne brought out Mendelson to duet on the song.
    — Thom Duffy, Billboard, 27 July 2022
  • Thirteen people were eventually signed to duet with Frank on the first album.
    — Tony Oppedisano, Town & Country, 8 June 2021
  • The 22-year-old singer broke the news as she was supposed to duet with another contestant, Fire.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Roan had called the singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus, who was on the bill, a few days before the show and asked to duet with her.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Mother and son would also duet at dinners and family gatherings.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2021
  • Pete Davidson and Rami Malek duet on a country ode to the new Netflix hit show.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • He was accompanied by half a dozen dancers, but there was no sign of Maren Morris, who duets with Rhett on the recording.
    — Elias Leight, Billboard, 7 June 2017
  • Patti Austin and James Ingram might not be most people’s choice to duet a sensual anthem.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Mango Tree,’’ featuring Brown dueting with songstress Sarah Bareilles.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 10 June 2019
  • Meghan made hay co-opting Marvin Gaye’s good name with her Charlie Puth duet in 2016.
    — Anthony Cougar Miccio, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2021
  • In the Battles, the second round of competition on this show, the coaches get to pick which songs their artists will duet, so really, the pressure's on them.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Critics had singled this Luther Vandross duet out as middling on Dangerously in Love.
    — Vulture, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Is recreating the Top Gun duet part of his plan to gradually re-assimilate to society?
    — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 July 2015
  • In addition to a solo performance, each Top 8 artist hit the stage a second time for an iconic 90s duet with another artist.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Not one to shy away from collaborations with younger guns, Guy brought on British singer/songwriter James Bay to duet on this soulful slow-jam.
    — Abby Jones, Billboard, 1 June 2018
  • Few could have missed the statement being made by having a gay man duet with a Black woman, representing two constituencies that haven’t always been at the forefront in country.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani will duet at the show this year, marking their first Grammy performance together.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Singers can choose to duet with a partnering pop star (or, say, Maui), use audio filters and pitch correction during a performance, and record the song and share it on social media.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2017
  • While the country star did not receive any nominations this year, her live performance — a gospel medley duet with CeCe Winans — was a highlight from the night.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The Loneliest Time, a charming retro-disco duet with one of her favorite artists, singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The host is at home for Christmas, only for a score of celebrities to pay a visit to duet on a song, the musical interludes punctuated by somewhat awkward comedy skits.
    — The Economist, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Impressed with his work, Corden invited the entrepreneur onto his show to create a new Thanksgiving musical, in which the late-night host would duet with him.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Ariana and Chris confirmed their intentions to duet on the song back in early spring, with rehearsals and studio time and lots of promotion that whipped both of their respective fandoms into quite a state.
    — Alex Rees, Cosmopolitan, 14 Sep. 2014
  • The bar is high for one of Elton John’s best songs, which experienced a second life 15 years after its release thanks to a cover duet by George Michael.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2021
  • And for the heartwarming cherry on top of this year’s total lack of sundae, Olivia Rodrigo teamed up with Robert Smith at Glastonbury to duet on one of the saddest songs in goth history, and Robert was smiling all the way through it.
    — Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Back in 2005, on the heels of her second record Under My Skin, Lavigne got invited to duet the track with Morissette at a concert at Los Angeles’ House of Blues.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026

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