sextet
noun
any group or set of six.
sextette
-
a variation of
sextet.
Example Sentences
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Laurie was obliged to mount the platform and explain that Miss Browning would not respond to an encore, before quiet was again restored and the sextette made its appearance.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Josephine Chase
Busby, at the piano, flung out the chords of the sextette that had made a mediocre opera famous.
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
"I wonder if all this crowd expects to be chosen," was Jerry Macy's blunt comment, as the sextette of girls stood grouped at one side of the room, waiting for the affair to begin.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Pauline Lester
To-day, however, not one of the sextette was in sight about the queer little brown house, and the whole place wore a deserted air.
From Tabitha's Vacation by Ruth Alberta Brown
Her liking for this particular sextette of students was very sincere.
From Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Pauline Lester
