obligato
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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This accident was nearly fatal to the musical entertainments of the day; for not only was the concerto thereby rendered impracticable, but "Sweet Bird" with the flute-accompaniment obligato, was put hors de combat.
From Stories of Comedy by Johnson, Rossiter
The searchlight switched off, the shells fell less frequently, the Oriental obligato fell away in a diminuendo of pathetic cries and a staccato of terrified jabbering.
From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)
He bursts from the grass and sings in bursts—plays his own obligato while he goes.
From The Lost Art of Reading by Lee, Gerald Stanley
Any good literature, especially the poetic, must be based on reality, must at least incidentally have its running obligato of reality.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
Repatriation went on to a parrot obligato, and I never hear a parrot squawk without a flash of South Africa across my mind.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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