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How to use soloist in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Soloist means a person who performs a solo. Example: “Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?”

Examples of soloist by meaning

nounA solo artist, one who is not in a band.

  • That means he also broke Taylor Swift’s record for the most of a soloist.2026 February 26, Hannah Dailey, “Harry Styles’ Biggest History-Making Moments Before ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’”, in...

More sentences with soloist

  • Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?From the entry act
  • She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done.From the entry page-turner
  • McDuffie summoned a subtle glow, which was well matched by flute and clarinet soloists.2007 January 30, Steve Smith, “A Debut and a Fervent Violinist”, in New York Times. From the entry canzonetta
  • Standing near the soloists during a finale was a knee-trembling experience.1996, Adrienne Simpson, Opera's farthest frontier, →ISBN. From the entry knee-trembling
  • Monday was devoted entirely to final rehearsings, the soloists having arrived meantime, Albani, Brema, Edward Lloyd, and Plunket Green among them.1900, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. From the entry rehearsing
  • Jefferson, the “Seasons of Love” soloist.2025 April 11, Stephen J. Dubner, quoting Crystal Monee Hall, “How Is Live Theater Still Alive?”, in Freakonomics Radio, number 629. From the entry swing
  • The start of the D major concerto K2 18 goes back to cheerful fanfaring, and the movement maintains a very active role for the soloist.2006, Nicholas Kenyon, The Pegasus Pocket Guide to Mozart, →ISBN, page 195. From the entry fanfaring
  • For that matter Somary doesn't lack name performers: John Wilbraham is the trumpet soloist and one of the recordists is David Munrow.1981, Arthur Cohn, Recorded Classical Music. From the entry recordist
  • Alice Lon, the featured soloist and "Champagne Lady," is spry and pretty, with an embraceably slim waist and gleaming legs under a froth of petticoats.1956, The American Magazine, volumes 161-162, page 102. From the entry embraceably
  • Reservations aside, there was much to enjoy in the work of the company’s stylish soloists, including David Wannen (Paramount), Erika Person (Sophy), Laurelyn Watson Chase (Zara) and Cameron Smith (Fitzbattleaxe).2010 November 22, Steve Smith, “A Lesser-Known Work by Gilbert and Sullivan Tells a Tropical Tale”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry Laurelyn

Meaning of soloist

  1. noun A person who performs a solo.
  2. noun A solo artist, one who is not in a band.

Full definition of soloist

Questions about soloist in a sentence

How do you use soloist in a sentence?
Soloist is used as a noun. For example: “Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?”
What is a short sentence with soloist?
“Jefferson, the “Seasons of Love” soloist.”
What does soloist mean?
Soloist means a person who performs a solo.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soloist (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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