How to Use pianoforte in a Sentence

pianoforte

noun

• When one of her for-hire guardians speaks of her past as a musician, playing the pianoforte (piano) for enraptured listeners, Adelaide is entranced.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
• Meanwhile, Adelaide’s grandmother belittles the pianoforte the girl pines for, calling it an expensive toy.
  — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026
• The chronic daydreamer can easily identify with Catherine’s near-delusional longing for something to happen beyond the courtships and evenings around the pianoforte that seem to make up the better part of her future.
  — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
• The Irishman settled there, becoming a leading virtuoso in Russia and a sales representative for Clementi pianofortes.
  — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
• In 1802, Clementi, a prominent music publisher and manufacturer of pianofortes, took a trip to Moscow, accompanied by Field.
  — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026