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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The Panthers are winless through its first four games on this five-game road trip, with their 3-0 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon at KeyBank Center perhaps the most humbling of the quartet.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Their 1995 album Tragic Kingdom sold 16 million copies worldwide and turned the Anaheim, California quartet into global superstars.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
The lead quartet have all been below par in the opening seven league games, as Hurzeler’s side sit 12th in the table with nine points.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
No, the hard-hitting quartet — featuring vocalist-guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo — had arrived to perform a massive corporate gig during Saleforce’s Dreamforce conference.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Their 1995 album Tragic Kingdom sold 16 million copies worldwide and turned the Anaheim, California quartet into global superstars.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
The lead quartet have all been below par in the opening seven league games, as Hurzeler’s side sit 12th in the table with nine points.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
No, the hard-hitting quartet — featuring vocalist-guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo — had arrived to perform a massive corporate gig during Saleforce’s Dreamforce conference.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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 24 Oct. 2025.
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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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