How to Use octet in a Sentence

octet

noun
  • Things may not be so bad for the octet, at least in the short run.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The band is an octet, so the members know how to play well with others.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Wolfgang needs to be with his octet in order to finish the job.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • Joy’s voice sits inside a rich octet, where horns and piano converse like old friends.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 Oct. 2025
  • No matter the chaos—from a lively octet of kids, canines, and cats—this kitchen keeps the calm.
    — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
  • Stephen Uhl will accompany the octet.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Some kid with five bucks will pick the one with the most X’s scrawled across the back cover, bring it home and have her mind blown by some crazy octet.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2021
  • That octet supplies lift, while another propeller on the nose provides thrust.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Their chief crime, the octet were told, was in claiming the disease looked like SARS.
    — Laurie Garrett, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Despite their levels of fame and notoriety, the members of this octet have yet to headline films of their own.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Before her, an octet of burly men in matching fatigues and beige do-rags danced with gusto to orchestral strains and a martial drumbeat.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • One of the likely reasons Modest Mouse grew from a power trio to an octet was to give Brock more breathing room.
    — Dylan Owens, The Know, 28 Feb. 2017
  • The crowd was decidedly smaller Thursday night, but the octet played with a passion big enough to fill a stadium.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2019
  • But the English-language track does act as an introduction to the octet's latest artistic foray.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • But the English-language track does act as an introduction to the octet's latest artistic foray.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • The most famous and best octet in music history is Mendelssohn’s, written when the composer was 16.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The most famous and best octet in music history is Mendelssohn’s, written when the composer was 16.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Rukare said the octet are in mandatory quarantine, standard procedure for all Olympic arrivals.
    — Junko Ogura, Julia Hollingsworth and Angus Watson, CNN, 20 June 2021
  • Composed when Mendelssohn was only 16, the octet brims with youthful energy, but also contains great depths.
    — Dallas News, 4 June 2022
  • From its opening melody climbing ever upward to the giddy energy of its conclusion, the octet is suffused with unalloyed joy.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Season 3 pushes them toward the narrative center, resulting in an octet of chapters that feels like a minor but not insignificant dip from the first two.
    — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • For this year’s Christmas concerts, the male vocal octet Cantus is serving up a welcome reminder that the rewards of giving don’t have to be gleaned from passing on gadgetry and games.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2019
  • There’s a Busby Berkeley moment when the leggy octet surrounds a reclining Rodrigo, shot from an overhead camera for the big screen in the rear.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The only member of this octet who hasn’t looked like a lock for the playoff rotation, Gonzalez saw meaningful playing time in just one of Boston’s final seven games.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The octet kept things rather simple (by SNL standards) for both performances, with their staging consisting of just their instruments and some lighting effects.
    — Jd Knapp, PEOPLE.com, 27 Feb. 2022
  • An octet of monks led the show with an opening prayer, followed by the young Mexican group Los Vega, whom Glass had discovered playing outside of his building, and who whipped up the crowd with a small but fiery set.
    — Ronald Hart, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2018
  • An octet consisting of the British marque’s entire 2010 model line finished in a one-off orange will be auctioned off by Bonhams next month as part of the Zoute Sale.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Fortuitously for Puth and K-pop octet, the song’s poppy beat and uplifting melody keep reviving them, and, in the video, Stray Kids even pull off some impressive dance moves on a floor covered in about four inches of water.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
  • Backed by an orchestral octet, Jones demonstrated the vocal command and flair that helped her net a Grammy for best R&B performance category in 2024.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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