How to Use orchestrate in a Sentence
orchestrate
verb- A strike was orchestrated by union members.
- She orchestrated the entire event.
- It's still unclear who was responsible for orchestrating the attack.
- He recently orchestrated a musical.
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There’s the artist and the subject and someone orchestrating the whole thing.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 5 Dec. 2023 -
But there is no proof that it’s been orchestrated this way.
— Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 -
There’s no reason why Ellen would’ve been that weird with the knife other than just to orchestrate a scare for the viewers.
— James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Booker and Paul orchestrate it all, but how Bridges and Ayton evolve in it is key.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2021 -
In the semifinal against Qatar, with the game tied at 0-0 in the 85th minute, Williamson helped orchestrate a game-winning sequence.
— oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2021 -
The soundtrack dropped a month before the film, an odd way to orchestrate a release, but a canny move in this case.
— Travis Atria, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2022 -
They are accused of using the app to orchestrate the assaults, requiring videos of the beatings as proof.
— USA Today, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Both Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of orchestrating the killing.
— Amin Khodadadi, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Vesco now knows that his arrest was orchestrated by his old friend Red.
— Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Anchors and their agents were warned not to spill any details, so Licht could orchestrate their release.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022 -
Each episode, the challenges were based around a new theme for the houses to orchestrate their performances and to inspire their custom looks and glam.
— Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 10 June 2022 -
The fact that Elon Musk was able to orchestrate a buy-out like that, and the Twitter board was willing to go along with it, is still the biggest news in tech and will remain that way for months.
— John Brandon, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022 -
The 61-page filing is part of an attempt to gain access to emails from lawyer John Eastman, who the committee says helped Trump orchestrate the plot.
— Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 3 Mar. 2022 -
Overall, Jones helped orchestrate three scoring drives and looked better as the game, won 35-0 by the Patriots, went on.
— Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2021 -
Ochs’s job will be orchestrating a comeback for the brand, best known for its bandage dresses.
— Ezreen Benissan, Vogue, 12 June 2023 -
Sarah and William are now set to be married in a ceremony orchestrated by Eliza in the coming weeks.
— Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Whether games between family and friends are as easy to orchestrate in VR will be the big question for the murder mystery game.
— Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 -
The post included a sweet video of King, 69, and her good friend Oprah Winfrey orchestrating the moment!
— Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Just a rookie, playing center for the first time since his high school days, Johnson scored 42 points to orchestrate that title.
— Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2021 -
Those rules bar a lawyer from advising clients in helping to orchestrate fraud or other crimes.
— Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021 -
Now, there’s the optimist’s view: The Rangers, with a 4-3 record against Toronto and Cleveland, orchestrated a winning road trip.
— Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023 -
Did the Bucks orchestrate this with their late-season decision to rest players?
— Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022 -
The Devil is listening, and decides to orchestrate a series of events.
— Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024 -
For those of us who lack screenwriters to orchestrate our evening, a decent airport hotel is always the first choice.
— Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023 -
But evidence shows how central Dominique was in orchestrating the crimes.
— Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024 -
Despite being unable to pitch while recovering from surgery, Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers’ run to a World Series title, winning his third most valuable player award after orchestrating the first 50-homer, 50-steal season in history.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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