OCTAVE in a Sentence

Learn OCTAVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for OCTAVE, such as:

1. The six principal roles in this opera have an average vocal range of two octaves.
2. The piece ended with a trill of octaves in the treble and a final deep octave in the bass.
3. Dede Antanas is asleep, and so are the Szedvilases, husband and wife, the former snoring in octaves.

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 Meanings and Examples of OCTAVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
octave
 n.  a feast day and the seven days following it
 n.  a musical interval of eight tones
Classic Sentence:
1  The piece ended with a trill of octaves in the treble and a final deep octave in the bass.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
2  Dede Antanas is asleep, and so are the Szedvilases, husband and wife, the former snoring in octaves.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
Example Sentence:
1  The six principal roles in this opera have an average vocal range of two octaves.