cello
noun
Examples of cello in a Sentence
Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Another group of sixth graders, each holding a violin or a cello, read out notes from sheet music.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The cello, for example, unofficially serves as Booth’s sonic mascot, as demonstrated in the moments leading up to the fatal gunshot at Ford’s Theatre in episode 1.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
As young women, the sisters performed as a trio; one sister played the harp, one the piano, and my grandmother the cello.
—Lyn Slater, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2024
After Judge McAfee was assigned to the Trump case last summer, a number of news outlets highlighted an online video of him, as a teenager, playing Bach on an acoustic cello, then switching to an electric one for a rousing Jimi Hendrix-style version of the national anthem.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Where 2020’s Pies Sobre la Tierra channeled her cello and voice into dulcet dream pop, 2021’s Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos shifted in style and mood from song to song.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2024
The New York Police Department has arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection with a performer being attacked last month while playing his cello at a Manhattan subway station.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
Music Brandy Clark gets a big Grammy bump Feb. 18, 2015
Icelandic singer Laufey, 23, won the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance award during the pre-telecast, then played cello during Billy Joel’s first Grammy performance in 30 years.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
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Word History
short for violoncello
1855, in the meaning defined above
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“Cello.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cello. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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cello
noun
shortened form of violoncello
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