How to Use sextet in a Sentence

sextet

noun
  • But amid the journey, the sextet wind up in jail.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • What a joy it's been to get to know this sextet of Utah queens.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Maybe there are drinks, and before long someone breaks out the Brahms sextets.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 12 May 2018
  • The taillamps are stars as well, though in a sextet formation.
    — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
  • No song was left unturned by this cheerful and nearly perfect sextet.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Each of that sextet needed a breakout moment to remain alive.
    — J.f., The Economist, 31 July 2019
  • The two-hour-plus show was an early celebration for the sextet, with not a small amount of tongue in cheek.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The first episode sets up the premise for this sextet of singletons and their co-dependency.
    — Whitney Friedlander, CNN, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The Head and the Heart, an alt-folk sextet from Washington state.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • Giving back to the community is also a trait which runs through the psyche of this sextet.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2021
  • Little about the concert suggested the sextet might soon cease touring.
    — Bob Gendron, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
  • The concert began with a sextet, the one by Brahms in G major, Op.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The sextet enjoyed a few minutes of weightlessness and saw Earth against the blackness of space.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The sextet discussed the origins of their projects, hot-button debates in the doc community and more.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Then there’s the show’s treatment of the characters who are in the sextet’s orbit but not directly involved with their work.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Luxe cabin to shame an Audi A3, the best-sounding engine of the sextet, swanky looks.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2021
  • That Tukes was fronting a sextet on the Green Mill’s compact stage added to the sonic and visual impact of the event.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The conversation whipped from deeply funny to deadly serious, as the sextet doled out a mix of stories and advice.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2022
  • Davis, a slide trombone player, performs with Chick Corea's sextet, Origin, and leads his own group.
    — Brittany Nader, cleveland.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • For the musical message matters most, and that’s where Thimes made her impact, leading a robust sextet.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Bluegrass melds with other genres in the music of this Grammy Award-winning sextet.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2019
  • Kandle formed and gigged with a Hawaiian guitar sextet, the Kohala Girls.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • His all-star sextet includes vibraphone star Stefon Harris.
    — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • From a purely political standpoint, none of the sextet scored some point that will reverberate enough to change the dynamics of the campaign.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • From a purely political standpoint, none of the sextet scored some point that will reverberate enough to change the dynamics of the campaign.
    — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But save for her and cofounding guitarist Mary Coogan, all of the current sextet is Irish or Scottish-born.
    — Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • As a sextet, the youngsters have strong, lively chemistry that just about carries the movie through the longueurs and lousy melodrama, especially when the final act rolls round.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The Schoenberg sextet, an early work in a lush, late-Romantic vein, was written in the same decade as Brahms’s Op.
    — Thomas May, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2017
  • The sextet from Lubbock leans into its rural West Texas roots of country and Americana.
    — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The Art Ensemble of Chicago, now a sextet, continues to perform.
    — Martin Johnson, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2018

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