How to Use piccolo in a Sentence

piccolo

noun
  • Harden switched to the flute in fifth grade, and now plays piccolo.
    — Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The kid standing by your locker with a piccolo while the jocks and hipsters grab all the dates and glory.
    — Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • If the Knights take the court, Craig wants to be in the stands, playing flute or piccolo with the band.
    — Annie Martin, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Mortimore had to stand against a wall and twist into shapes not conducive to piccolo-playing.
    — Calli McMurray, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The third movement lacked the ultimate in screeching piccolo and whooping horns.
    — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2018
  • That means not just the two flutes, but also just the piccolo player, and the harp player, and the tympani player and all the brass.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Even a piccolo, the smallest instrument in an orchestra, won’t fit in your pocket.
    — Bruce Weinstein, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021
  • In the last movement, descending scales passed between the harp and piccolo fit together like the teeth of a zipper.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Lebermann craved a piccolo sound on the John Philip Sousa marches that were crowd favorites.
    — Michael Corcoran, ExpressNews.com, 29 Apr. 2020
  • And Daniel Sun, who loves classical music, plays piano, flute and piccolo.
    — Claudia Rowe, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
  • Scored for piano, violin, cello, clarinet, and flute/piccolo, the work’s first movement lurked.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • His repertoire expanded to include the piccolo and English horn.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • His good friend Martayvia, who plays piccolo, has become a sister figure to him, despite some initial tension.
    — Candace McDuffie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Richter is an active flute and piccolo player in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas.
    — Elgin Courier-News, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Try the filter, piccolo latte, or cappuccino; non-coffee-drinkers, the hot chocolate or chai latte.
    — Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2018
  • My mom, who started playing piccolo in the band in 2019, drove in from eastern Long Island.
    — Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But there was no question where the musical energy was coming from, the piccolo lines setting the terms of discussion for motifs the orchestra would embrace.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2019
  • Their unique sound comes from bringing together bass, alto, C flutes, piccolo and Native American flutes.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 28 July 2022
  • Musicians in the group actually play a range of instruments in the flute family, including the piccolo as well as the alto, bass and the C-flute.
    — Barbara Dargis, Daily Southtown, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Balance problems that plagued some earlier concerts this season seem mostly resolved, although the piccolo sometimes shrieked more than necessary.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Another piccolo player and a member of the color guard carpooled from Philadelphia.
    — Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2020
  • For 18-year-old freshman and piccolo player Eboni Singletary, performing in that parade is just the cherry on the cake.
    — Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Alyssa Alexander, who graduated from Ocoee in 2014, played the flute, piccolo, and piano during her time in the band.
    — Nathaniel Marrero, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • But too much of the orchestration — with lots of brass, shrieking piccolo, percussion and even piano treated percussively — was totally out of scale with the bassoon.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Lizzo also played piccolo for the University of Houston marching band, which now features prominently in her music.
    — Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2019
  • It is scored for a flutist who also plays alto flute and piccolo, a pianist doubling on celesta, and a percussionist playing glockenspiel, vibraphone, tubular bells, and marimba.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • And the customary piccolo tremolo that used to run above the crowd noise of every comedy club—the excess laughter of the one drunk and slightly hysterical patron—had no purchase or possibility here.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
  • These students may not have access to piccolo lessons, excursions to the Galapagos Islands, or advanced placement courses that can boost a student’s chance of admission.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Namely, his ability to perform with equal skill on alto, soprano and baritone saxophones, oboe, flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and English horn.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2019

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