Example sentences for: velvets

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

  • Why can't he just say the Velvets were a great, hugely influential cult band?

  • He then spins this not especially supportive datum (think how many fewer records were released in 1967) by saying how it should be compared not with the sales of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones but with those of minimalist composer La Monte Young, whose influence, via violist John Cale, the Velvets brought to rock 'n' roll.

  • No, says Miller, the Velvets' debut had an "instant impact," going on to peak at No. 171 on Billboard's album chart.

  • But if there's a lyrical voice to the Velvets it's Reed's, particularly when he's in good humor:

  • Miller gets his most contentious in the Velvet Underground chapter, when he challenges critic David Fricke's statement that the Velvets were " 'exiled from the mainstream' ... greeted with " 'almost total rejection.' "


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