How to Use viola in a Sentence

viola

noun

• Even worse, the sixth-grader can’t bring her beloved viola.
  — Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
• Since fleeing Kyiv over two months ago, Ms. Suprun has found work in Berlin playing the viola.
  — Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 3 May 2022
• Few things sound less appealing to me than a Maroon 5 song played on the viola.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2021
• There were several viola and flautists but just 1 hand went up for someone who plays the harp.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022
• Plays the viola in the high school orchestra at Bentonville .....
  — Rick Fires, Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2023
• All viola members tend to become lanky in the heat and produce poor displays.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2022
• Dalton’s passion for the viola took him around the world, his daughter Melissa said.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• All five of his children played the violin, viola or cello while in school.
  — Shannon Prather, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
• Some people play an instrument—and of those, some love drums and others love viola.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2022
• Any group comprised of flute, viola and harp has to champion new music.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2022
• Here, ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ heuchera brings warmth to loropetalum, snapdragons, and violas.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2023
• Lanzilotti also slowly moved her bow from high up on the viola’s fingerboard to down near its bridge.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• His quartet had the usual violins, viola, and cello, but they could be joined by bass, drums, and singers, depending on the piece.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• That includes Lisa Tremblay, an eighth-grader who showed up for school on Thursday with a viola and a novel full of homework notes.
  — Leslie Brody, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
• Bring on the pansies and their viola relatives to be sure winter survivors.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2021
• Ponder each question, Kyle, with the help of my totally impartial study-guide thoughts, total up the Jimmys and Treys, and viola!
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2021
• Both theme songs make heavy use of the lower strings of violas, cellos and double basses, which further darken the sonic palette.
  — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
• His interest in music began not with pianos but with the viola and the violin.
  — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• That’s her bread and butter right now, as well as edible flowers like snapdragons and violas.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
• Currently, eight of Noseda’s secret stash are in the hands of NSO players – seven violins and one viola.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• Against a long and attenuated trill of the viola, Mehretu’s backgrounds become a lurid green or mysterious blue and the black lines of the paintings start to look more querulous.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• Linney’s got an assertive alto, while Hecht’s timbre is reedier and more winding, a viola and oboe.
  — Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023
• Garnish with blueberries, lemon zest curls, and violas.
  — Torie Cox, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• Baptiste picked the viola because most of the other string instruments were taken in the middle school orchestra practice room.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2022
• Jazz in the 21st century has embraced many instruments beyond the conventional ones—such as the bassoon, French horn, viola and accordion—so why not the harp?
  — Martin Johnson, WSJ, 14 June 2023
• My older brother, who died last year, was lead viola in the German National Opera Orchestra.
  — Fred Bronson, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2021
• Between practicing the viola, working at a local tea shop and homework, spring break was really her only chance to cram in those service hours.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• Arranged for two violins, a viola, and a cello, the new work lends itself to simplicity and nuance, says the composer.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2022
• The outfit features Will Baptiste on viola and Kev Marcus on violin.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2022
• His father was an electrical engineer, and his mother was a music teacher who played the viola and filled the home with classical music.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 15 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024