string orchestra
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When the blood really starts hitting the fan, Göransson asked his wife and a string orchestra to help escalate the drama, and he had violins bend notes just like his slide guitar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Konopka divided the ensemble into a double string orchestra and had them seated antiphonally on the stage.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
We enter a symphonic troposphere where clouds are clotted harmonies, where turbulence is a string orchestra plucking and strumming violins and violas like guitars.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
I’ve heard a small string orchestra play Vivaldi in the magical light of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and I’ve flown solo to Los Angeles just to hear Bon Jovi in a big arena.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
It sounded like he was waiting for a full string orchestra to come in, something out of The Sound of Music.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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