variants
or less commonly quartette
1
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of four
especially
: the performers of a quartet
Examples of quartet in a Sentence
He is a member of a jazz quartet.
a string quartet by Beethoven
The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.
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But the quartet made the bet on their team well before the World Cup began.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
Things rapidly spiral out of control for the quartet as a waking nightmare, filled with ghostly figures and sudden disappearances, unfolds.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
2 July 2026
With star forward Kirill Kaprizov, the Wild look to have a productive Russian quartet once again.
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Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
2 July 2026
The attacking quartet of Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise, and Bradley Barcola is the tournament's defining force.
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1 July 2026
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
Things rapidly spiral out of control for the quartet as a waking nightmare, filled with ghostly figures and sudden disappearances, unfolds.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
2 July 2026
With star forward Kirill Kaprizov, the Wild look to have a productive Russian quartet once again.
—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
2 July 2026
The attacking quartet of Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise, and Bradley Barcola is the tournament's defining force.
—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for quartet
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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quartet
noun
quar·tet
variants
also quartette
1
a
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
b
: the performers of a quartet
2
: a group or set of four
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