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How to use solo in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective, adverb

Solo means a piece of music for one performer. Example: “Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.”

Examples of solo by meaning

adjectiveWithout a companion or instructor.

  • Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.2026 May, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 93

adjectiveOf, or relating to, a musical solo.

  • It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.2026 March 29, Matt Mitchell, “In LA, Paul McCartney is king”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2026

adverbAlone, without a companion.

  • The Canadian superstar had been rumoured to be singing a duet with Lady Gaga, but instead went solo on the Eiffel Tower to bring the four-hour event to a stirring climax.2024 July 27, Ian Youngs, “Celine Dion makes stirring comeback at Olympics”, in BBC, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2025

More sentences with solo

  • Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.From the entry accompaniment
  • His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.From the entry shot
  • She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.From the entry club
  • Well, I messed up my solo, but otherwise it was a good concert.From the entry mess up
  • The rhythm guitar part is live, but the solo was overdubbed.From the entry overdub
  • The rhythm guitar part is live, but the solo is an overdub.From the entry overdub
  • The guitar solo is the main nonvocal part of this song.From the entry nonvocal
  • This song has great guitarwork, especially in the solo at the end.From the entry guitarwork
  • This song has great drumwork, especially in the solo at the end.From the entry drumwork
  • I used to be really into BTS, but now I just solo stan Jungkook.From the entry solo stan
  • The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.From the entry wolf
  • That was a wicked guitar solo, bro!From the entry wicked
  • The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.From the entry owe
  • There are some really good blues licks in this solo.From the entry lick
  • I hate playing solo queue: I always get bad teammates.From the entry solo queue
  • I'm solo queuing fours because my friends are all busy.From the entry solo queue
  • That violin solo was played amazingly.From the entry amazingly
  • She performed on 12 albums as a soul singer in a session band before she was able to begin her solo career.From the entry session band
  • The dreadlocked guitarist played a solo.From the entry dreadlocked
  • In Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, Bunthorne performs the recitative "Am I Alone and Unobserved?" before going on to his solo aria "If You're Anxious For To Shine".From the entry recitative
  • The urge to clear my throat was suppressible, but the urge to sneeze wasn't, and so I made a large noise in the middle of the solo.From the entry suppressible
  • “At the top level we should not go solo,” he said.2025 May 18, Patrick Wintour, “Donald Trump is losing patience with Russia, says Finnish leader”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry E3
  • "Can you get married without one or by taking a solo trip?2023 May 25, Stephanie Cain, quoting Lauren Kay, “Why More Brides Are Opting for Solo Bachelorette Trips”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry bach
  • I just watched a crazy video where a solo leopard attacked a flange of baboons.2023 August 18, thebligg, “ow many baboons does it take to kill a leopard?”, in reddit, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2026. From the entry flange
  • For a musician as continually prolific as McCartney (this is his 18th solo record), that seems unlikely.2020 November 9, Gwen Ihnat, “With McCartney III, Paul McCartney offers lessons from a legendary life”, in The A.V. Club. From the entry swan song
  • The long-awaited solo from BLACKPINK's Jennie came along and was very well received by BLINKs everywhere.2018, Holly Smith, "Season's Sounds", UKP Magazine, Winter 2018, page 22. From the entry blink
  • It offers little for multiplayer Splatooners beyond unlockable cosmetics, but for solo players it’s a godsend.2018 June 27, Rupert Harvey, “‘Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion’ DLC Review (Nintendo Switch)”, in Nerdly, archived from the original on 27 Jul…. From the entry Splatooner
  • Dublin fired a second goal when Noelle Healy ended her fine solo run with an impressive finish.2014 (August 23) Jason Byrne, "Dublin ladies through to All Ireland semi final after beating Kerry" Irish Independent. From the entry solo run
  • Word to the wise: if you must tweeze solo, stick to plucking only the obvious stray hairs.2012 November 16, Adriana Ermter, “How to get the perfect eyebrows: Four reasons to enlist a professional”, in Chatelaine. From the entry tweeze
  • The solo paddler's body rotates onside with the onside shoulder turned towards the stern.2011, Introduction to Paddling: Canoeing Basics for Lakes and Rivers, →ISBN. From the entry onside
  • Sardanas begin with an improvised fluviol solo introduction of ten measures.2008, Robert Francis Waters, Déodat de Séverac: Musical Identity in Fin de Siècle France, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN, page 177. From the entry fluviol
  • Milnes had a turn in the spotlight with a canzona for solo organ by Johann Caspar Kerll.2007 January 15, Steve Smith, “Classic Viennese Music, the Prequel”, in New York Times. From the entry canzona
  • The following abbreviations are used for all drum solos and fill-ins.2005, Ted Reed -, Drum Solos and Fill-Ins for the Progressive Drummer. From the entry fill-in
  • Technically, however, it wasn't a solo album because all four Beatles appeared on it".2004, Jay Warner, On This Day in Music History, page 323. From the entry solo album
  • The new Gilmour-led Floyd sounds infinitely more ‘Floydian' than Roger Waters' dirge-like solo albums.2003, Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, page 7. From the entry Floydian
  • The new Gilmour-led Floyd sounds infinitely more 'Floydian' than Roger Waters' dirge-like solo albums.2003, Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, page 7. From the entry solo album
  • He comped lightly and then played a short phrase to begin his solo.2001, Charles Suhor, Jazz in New Orleans: The Postwar Years Through 1970, page 9. From the entry comp

Meaning of solo

  1. noun A piece of music for one performer.
  2. noun A job or performance done by one person alone.
  3. noun A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner.

Full definition of solo

Questions about solo in a sentence

How do you use solo in a sentence?
Solo is used as a noun, adjective and adverb. For example: “Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.”
What is a short sentence with solo?
“That violin solo was played amazingly.”
What does solo mean?
Solo means a piece of music for one performer.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: solo (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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