obligato
Americanadjective
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obligatos,
plural
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obligati
plural
adjective
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“I feel like playing a spaghetti obligato on a 112 big hot bowl of soup,” replied Jean.
From The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar by Margaret Penrose
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 George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
A chorus of men’s voices from “Eurianthe” with horn obligato was next performed and then came the Anvil Chorus, with chorus, bands, orchestra, organ, battery and all the bells in the city united for accompaniment.
From Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Charles Barnard
When both solo and obligato had subsided, Juggernaut spoke again.
From A Safety Match by Ian Hay
I am in very fair health, London decidedly agrees with me, and I don't suffer as much as I expected from the obligato spleen of blue devildom.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
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