Example sentences for: soloist

How can you use “soloist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The unfortunate truth is that jazz more often resembles the daytime talk show: Everyone gets his or her say before the floor passes to the next soloist.

  • The drama inherent in concerto performance--valiant soloist vying with and defying the mass of the orchestra with his eloquence and virtuosity--is the very essence of the "Emperor ." One would think it requires an instrument that can challenge the orchestra in volume and power.

  • A given soloist might be wonderfully talented, and might choose to perform the kind of music that exudes noble and heroic inspirations with every phrase--and, even so, the indefinable strength that counts as charismatic might fail to appear.

  • On the gorgeous title track of Nefertiti , for instance, he is the leading soloist; Davis and Shorter repeat the pensive theme hypnotically, without soloing, making this tune arguably one of the first statements of American minimalism.

  • His argument is persuasive, but the conclusion is so counterintuitive--why should the soloist meekly accompany the orchestra when he isn't defying it?


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