How to Use viola in a Sentence

viola

noun

• Tuning pegs – Use the tuning pegs to tune the strings of your viola.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• There were several viola and flautists but just 1 hand went up for someone who plays the harp.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022
• Or how about a string trio—violin, viola, cello—same, same, same.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
• All viola members tend to become lanky in the heat and produce poor displays.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2022
• All five of his children played the violin, viola or cello while in school.
  — Shannon Prather, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
• Some people play an instrument—and of those, some love drums and others love viola.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2022
• Keep in mind that most violas are 16-inch instruments.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• Any group comprised of flute, viola and harp has to champion new music.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2022
• Plant violas in dappled light or afternoon shade to keep them from wilting.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
• Neck – The neck is the long part of the instrument that holds the tension of the viola strings.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• Few things sound less appealing to me than a Maroon 5 song played on the viola.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2021
• Lanzilotti also slowly moved her bow from high up on the viola’s fingerboard to down near its bridge.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• An arm that’s 20-22 inches would use a 13-inch viola, and so on.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• Dalton’s passion for the viola took him around the world, his daughter Melissa said.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• Because a small enough cello could not be found, his father taught him cello technique by using a viola.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
• Pair your new table with our recipe for homemade lemon balm tea and these beautiful viola tea sandwiches.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
• That’s her bread and butter right now, as well as edible flowers like snapdragons and violas.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
• Ray Suen rounds out the sound with string arrangements performed on violin and viola.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
• His interest in music began not with pianos but with the viola and the violin.
  — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Most viola strings are tuned at C/G/D/A, from lowest to highest.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• That said, use a viola bow whenever possible.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• The viola is like an extension of him, his daily tuning is a meditative practice that brings him a unique peace.
  — Lauren Morrow september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
• Here, ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ heuchera brings warmth to loropetalum, snapdragons, and violas.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2023
• His quartet had the usual violins, viola, and cello, but they could be joined by bass, drums, and singers, depending on the piece.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• Both theme songs make heavy use of the lower strings of violas, cellos and double basses, which further darken the sonic palette.
  — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
• Linney’s got an assertive alto, while Hecht’s timbre is reedier and more winding, a viola and oboe.
  — Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023
• Finding the right size viola When selecting a viola, the most important step is finding the right size for you.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• Between practicing the viola, working at a local tea shop and homework, spring break was really her only chance to cram in those service hours.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• Baptiste picked the viola because most of the other string instruments were taken in the middle school orchestra practice room.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2022
• Handcrafted from maple, spruce and ebony, this high-quality viola is suitable for orchestras and live performances.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025