variants
or less commonly quartette
1
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of four
especially
: the performers of a quartet
Examples of quartet in a Sentence
He is a member of a jazz quartet.
a string quartet by Beethoven
The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.
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The quartet even took their show to the big screen with Impractical Jokers: The Movie before Gatto's departure.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The quartet, which now includes former Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone, will join Chris Stapleton for All-American Road Show stops on June 12-13 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and will be playing a selection of summer shows with Blackberry Smoke starting July 25-26 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
Likewise, Aston Villa have a quartet — Matty Cash (Nottingham Forest), Morgan Rogers (West Brom), Ezri Konsa (Charlton) and Tyrone Mings (Ipswich and Bournemouth) — who have progressed from either the Championship or League One to England’s top tier.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
If the launch goes up, the quartet are slated to arrive to the ISS at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, which would start the countdown for the Crew-9 mission to return home.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The quartet, which now includes former Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone, will join Chris Stapleton for All-American Road Show stops on June 12-13 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and will be playing a selection of summer shows with Blackberry Smoke starting July 25-26 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
Likewise, Aston Villa have a quartet — Matty Cash (Nottingham Forest), Morgan Rogers (West Brom), Ezri Konsa (Charlton) and Tyrone Mings (Ipswich and Bournemouth) — who have progressed from either the Championship or League One to England’s top tier.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
If the launch goes up, the quartet are slated to arrive to the ISS at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, which would start the countdown for the Crew-9 mission to return home.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quartet
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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quartet
noun
quar·tet
variants
also quartette
1
a
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
b
: the performers of a quartet
2
: a group or set of four
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