TENOR in a Sentence
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29 example sentences for TENOR, such as:
1. We persuaded Jake to sing tenor.
2. The bass and the second tenor had already come.
3. The first tenor and the baritone arrived together.
4. Mr. M'Coy had been at one time a tenor of some reputation.
5. But I've a nice partner for you, Mr. Bartell D'Arcy, the tenor.
2. The bass and the second tenor had already come.
3. The first tenor and the baritone arrived together.
4. Mr. M'Coy had been at one time a tenor of some reputation.
5. But I've a nice partner for you, Mr. Bartell D'Arcy, the tenor.
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Meanings and Examples of TENOR
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tenor
n. the pitch range of the highest male voice
n. a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1 She knew that the first tenor would not like to come on after Mr. Meade's comic turn.
2 The bass and the second tenor had already come.
3 Mr. Bell, the second tenor, was a fair-haired little man who competed every year for prizes at the Feis Ceoil.
4 The first tenor and the baritone arrived together.
5 The first tenor and the baritone and Miss Healy stood together, waiting tranquilly, but Mr. Bell's nerves were greatly agitated because he was afraid the audience would think that he had come late.
6 The first tenor bent his head and began to count the links of the gold chain which was extended across his waist, smiling and humming random notes to observe the effect on the frontal sinus.
7 The first tenor and the contralto, however, brought down the house.
8 Mr. M'Coy had been at one time a tenor of some reputation.
9 But I've a nice partner for you, Mr. Bartell D'Arcy, the tenor.
10 Mr. Bartell D'Arcy, the tenor, a dark-complexioned young man with a smart moustache, praised very highly the leading contralto of the company but Miss Furlong thought she had a rather vulgar style of production.
11 Freddy Malins said there was a Negro chieftain singing in the second part of the Gaiety pantomime who had one of the finest tenor voices he had ever heard.
12 For me," said Aunt Kate, who had been picking a bone, "there was only one tenor.
13 "A beautiful, pure, sweet, mellow English tenor," said Aunt Kate with enthusiasm.
14 It wasn't possible that the quiet tenor of life could have changed so completely in so short a time.
15 The daily details of Mrs. Hatch's existence were as strange to Lily as its general tenor.
Example Sentence:
1 An exuberant player with attractive tones on both tenor and alto, Red Holloway is also a humorous blues singer.
2 When the popular tenor Placido Domingo came on stage, he was greeted by a tremendous ovation.
3 Its general tenor is to take more power away from the local boroughs and concentrate them in the hands of the Mayor.
4 I had hoped for a little more from the world's greatest tenor, whose performance was workmanlike but hardly inspired.
5 We persuaded Jake to sing tenor.