How to Use virtuoso in a Sentence

virtuoso

noun
  • He's a real virtuoso in the kitchen.
  • Like a jazz virtuoso, Hawkins is not one to stick to the sheet music.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2020
  • On the stage, the virtuoso smiled and bowed, for the old man in the balcony was his tutor.
    — Loren A. Yadon, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
  • Cooder, a slide-guitar virtuoso, would bring a six-pack and jam.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Just like any virtuoso, Greenberg needs a stage.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The host, a virtuoso in the world of olives, takes us on a sensory journey.
    — Branded Content Contributor, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Paisley is a guitar virtuoso and his skills were on display all night.
    — Timothy Finn, kansascity, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Singers who spoke with me called her a virtuoso, a miracle worker, a life saver.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • And his virtuoso stuff almost produced a wild comeback on the road.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Edison was a virtuoso in both fields, and financiers took notice.
    — Howard Schneider, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
  • To call a musician a virtuoso can be double-edged.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Bronfman isn’t the go-to artist just for big, virtuoso showstoppers.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The virtuoso pianist expressed his sadness over the war’s toll.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2022
  • With all these pianists there is always the chance to discover a virtuoso.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The idea was that each piece would be a virtuoso caprice that was about the violin and the violinist.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The piece calls for virtuoso chops, and Golka delivered the goods.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 June 2021
  • Sibelius played the violin from an early age and had hopes of becoming a virtuoso.
    — Tim Page, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • If making an entrance is a form of art, then last night's Met Gala had its fair share of virtuosos.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • One of the marks of the virtuoso, in fact, is that the instrument and player can seem to be a single being.
    — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
  • He is regarded as one of the sport’s most skillful artists, a virtuoso with a basketball in his hands.
    — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Even if they were done with the skill and precision of a photo editing virtuoso, the message would ring out loud and clear.
    — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2021
  • Glenn Fleshler, as one of the marauding thugs, is a virtuoso at heavy menace.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The world comes to Sundance Square every four years, and even piano virtuosos need to eat.
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram.com, 5 June 2017
  • To insist that Basquiat was a virtuoso is to turn away from the paintings all over again, to miss their ultimate dare.
    — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
  • Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin, to name a few, were virtuoso improvisers like him.
    — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But this is why, like any virtuoso, there is an undeniable continuity of his work.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Over the course of nearly an hour’s worth of virtuoso writing, Strauss shows us images from his hike up a mountain and back home again.
    — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Geese, a quartet of young rock virtuosos from Brooklyn, capture the vibe shift in freaky fidelity.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • His five collections and dozens of uncollected short stories also show a virtuoso at work and play.
    — Jane Ciabattari september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025

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