ACCOMPANIMENT in a Sentence

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Although there may be passages where only the soloist is playing, generally the solo part is accompanied by the orchestra.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCOMPANIMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
accompaniment
 n.  act of accompanying someone or something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Then, to the accompaniment of the band, the colonel himself danced with Petritsky.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 21
2  They had race horses, and Russian pancakes and bear hunts and three-horse sledges, and gypsies and drinking feasts, with the Russian accompaniment of broken crockery.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 1
3  Through the closed doors came the sounds of the discreet staccato accompaniment of the orchestra, and a single female voice rendering distinctly a musical phrase.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 33
4  There was the occasional sound of music, of mandolins, sufficiently removed to be an agreeable accompaniment rather than an interruption to the conversation.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
5  This time he was, however, without any accompaniment, for the sisters were just then pouring out those tender effusions of affection which have been already alluded to.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
6  Then she sat swaying her body to and fro, and making gestures with her unnerved arm, which seemed intended as the accompaniment to a fit of laughter, though her face was stolid and drowsy.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
7  Love was only a minor accompaniment.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  This sort of fatal rumor is the usual accompaniment of civil wars, and it was a false report of this kind which, later on, produced the catastrophe of the Rue Transnonain.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT
9  But this paradise was henceforth complicated with an infernal accompaniment.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN
10  No one but Beth could get much music out of the old piano, but she had a way of softly touching the yellow keys and making a pleasant accompaniment to the simple songs they sang.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
11  Not long before she had celebrated her silver wedding and renewed her intimacy with her husband by waltzing with him to Mr. Power's accompaniment.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
12  Several times Rostov, covering his head, tried to go to sleep, but some remark would arouse him and conversation would be resumed, to the accompaniment of unreasoning, merry, childlike laughter.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XIII
13  Candide acted now only a second character, and accompanied his valet.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
14  The two old women accompanied him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
15  He set out, accompanied only by a child who offered to serve as a guide.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
16  The official was accompanied by all the pomp of his high position.
17  She accompanied me to the doctor's.
18  Children under fourteen should be accompanied by a parent.
19  She was accompanied by her elder sister.
20  A warm and harmonious song has accompanied us for three years.
21  There was a buzz of gratification from time to time during the reading, accompanied by whispered ejaculations of "How sweet!" "How eloquent!" "So true!" etc.
22  The movie allows admission only to persons older than 17, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
23  At issue is a demand that all imports are accompanied by uniform certificates authorised by the Commission and not the individual member states.
24  The dish was accompanied by a variety of pickles.
25  His ablution was accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath.".
26  Although there may be passages where only the soloist is playing, generally the solo part is accompanied by the orchestra.
27  This publication is accompanied by a beautiful exhibition in the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
28  I am waiting for a person to accompany me for a long time.
29  Ken agreed to accompany me on a trip to Africa.
30  Jane was willing to accompany you to the park to go out for a walk.