Example sentences for: treble

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

  • In the first 12 measures of "The Meaning of the Blues," from Miles Ahead , the contents of a rising counterpoint behind Davis' melody keep mutating: French horn and trumpet give way to oboe, which slides back into trumpets, and the progression into the fourth measure, with nothing but the treble of muted trumpets in unison, feels like an airplane taking off.

  • However, tamoxifen is also known, says the paper, to treble the risk for uterine cancer, and to increase one's chance of developing blood clots.

  • You ask that the WidgetBuster be withdrawn from the market and that your brother-in-law pay you treble damages and that he pay your cousin Benny, as well.

  • Conversely, who remembers the bass clef lines and spaces (with, respectively, the insipid “ G reat B ig D ogs F ight A nimals” and “ A ll C ars E at G as” )? The treble clef lines are only a bit more memorable (“ E very G ood B oy D oes F ine” or “ E very G rizzly B ear D igs F igs” ); its spaces' notes, at least, crisply spell face . Who knows how many musical aspirations have been dashed against the bass clef, for want of adequate mnemonics?

  • As a result, this year the Justice Department expects to double or treble its estimate of Colombian coca production.


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