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How to use soprano in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Soprano means the musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef. Example: “I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.”

Examples of soprano by meaning

nounA person or instrument that performs the soprano part.

  • I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN

verbTo sing or utter with high pitch.

  • "Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel

More sentences with soprano

  • I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.From the entry sharp
  • Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.From the entry recorder
  • But while common and soprano pipistrelles are numerous, the barbastelle bat is dependent on ancient woodland.2018 June 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian. From the entry barbastelle
  • The Yearling took in soprano Dolores Wilson, leprechaun David Wayne, and some blasty kids.2015, Ethan Mordden, Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s. From the entry blasty
  • “It's called 'The Curse.' Wooooooooo!” Sol sings scarily in a trilly, ghostlike, gradually descending soprano.2009, Bob Mitchell, Once Upon a Fastball. From the entry scarily
  • Indeed, Lisa Milne had put away her shining soprano for the night. . . .2004 October 21, Edward Seckerson, “Lisa Milne Sings, Jacques Brel, Wigmore Hall, London”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 12 Jul 2015. From the entry butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
  • This letter is noteworthy because it specifies the voice ranges, sopranos and tenorists.1999, Paul Merkley, Lora L. Matthews Merkley, Music and Patronage in the Sforza Court, page 77. From the entry tenorist
  • A soprano, her voice was birdsweet and passionate, and she possessed her own lustrous reputation.1999, Gina Berriault, The Great Petrowski, Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry birdsweet
  • The castrate voice had a strange power not duplicated by soprano or countertenor.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry castrate
  • A poignant complaint, piercing wondersong, registering with her frail untaught soprano trembling tones in the uppermost treble-world.1980, Curtis White, Heretical Songs, page 2. From the entry wondersong
  • My Lady Chlo’ a negro song harmonized for two soprani and two alti by H.1903, Dominicana: A Magazine of Catholic Literature, volume IV, page 377. From the entry alti
  • A hooty, scratchy soprano and a stiff baritone don't help.1988, Peter Hugh Reed, American record guide: Volume 51. From the entry hooty
  • In Clara's furious rant in Act II, Allsun broke out of her soprano into a belt, which made perfect sense in the moment.2018, Norman Spivey, Mary Saunder Barton, Cross-Training in the Voice Studio: A Balancing Act, Plural Publishing, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry belt
  • Collins’s nearly vibrato-less singing in a voice that is in prime condition as she slides from a pure flutelike soprano into a gutsier middle register.2007 February 15, Stephen Holden, “Singing Songs of Time, While Watching It Stand Still”, in New York Times. From the entry flutelike
  • Loren Stokes, the fluid scorer from Hofstra, limped out singing soprano after a flagrant cheap-shot punch to the groin by George Mason guard Tony Skinn.2006 March 6, Pat Forde, “Will three teams dance after hard-nosed semis?”, in ESPN, retrieved 26 Aug 2008. From the entry singing soprano
  • Berg's partner here, Sophie Daneman, a young British soprano, has a small, pure, lyric voice that occasionally turns hooty (characteristic of many Britsh sopranos).1998, American Record Guide - Volume 61, Issues 4-6, page 241. From the entry hooty
  • Alice IS WRITING a letter, The tenor IS STRANGLING the soprano, Leigh IS TAKING a shower are examples of genuine hic-et-nunc events.1995, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. From the entry hic et nunc
  • “You mean,” I said, my voice quavering like that of a coloratura soprano, “that I went through that soul-shattering experience all for nothing?”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry coloratura
  • Raspberries raw, stewing, jamming, pulping, take over my house during July, overlaying the richer, more irony smell of the blackcurrant – a contralto to a soprano.2012, Jenny Joseph, Led By The Nose: A Garden of Smells. From the entry irony
  • Judah threw brilliant counters that temporarily stunned the undefeated welterweight titlist, endured two flagrant but apparently unintentional low punches that would've left many permanently singing soprano.2007 July 18, David Greisman, “Fighting Words—When Losers Win and Winners Lose”, in boxingscene.com, retrieved 26 Aug 2008. From the entry singing soprano
  • Soprano, alto, and tenor clefs used for the corresponding vocal parts in the principal and concordant sources have been changed here respectively to treble, treble, and octavating treble.1994, Antonio Salieri, edited by Jane Schatkin Hettrick, Mass in D Major, preface, page xii. From the entry octavating

Meaning of soprano

  1. noun The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
  2. noun A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
  3. verb To sing or utter with high pitch.

Full definition of soprano

Questions about soprano in a sentence

How do you use soprano in a sentence?
Soprano is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.”
What is a short sentence with soprano?
“"Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.”
What does soprano mean?
Soprano means the musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.

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