(n.) One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cheers, then, to an apparent alliance of the NME, a few people in London's trendy E1 district and some dumb young musicians, because "New Rave" is upon us, and there is apparently no stopping it.
(2) Notably, while the lead actors were all professionals, most of the cast members and musicians came from Providência itself.
(3) And of course, as the articles are shared far and wide across the apparently much-hated web, they become gospel to those who read them and unfortunately become quasi-religious texts to musicians of all stripes who blame the internet for everything that is wrong with their careers.
(4) Leading figures including the musician Sting, business tycoon Sir Richard Branson and comedian Russell Brand have called for the possession of drugs to be decriminalised.
(5) "When I look at a lot of other bands, it does seem that we're the strange minority," says drummer, Jeremy Gara, who, with his standy-up hair and dishevelled clothes, seems the most old-school indie musician of them all.
(6) I love it when musicians and their instruments sort of become an entity in themselves – you see it with Nina Simone and Ray Charles as well as Fats Domino.
(7) The study of otoacustic emissions evoked by a supraliminar stimulation in 183 musicians' ears including 68 AP showed that the echo was significantly greater in cases of AP than in cases of RP.
(8) The musicians' Leq values ranged from 79-99 dB A-weighted sound pressure level [dB(A)], with a mean of 89.9 dB(A).
(9) Years ahead of its time, it saw each song presented theatrically, the musicians concealed in the wings (although Bowie said that they kept creeping on to the stage, literally unable to resist the spotlight) and with Bowie performing on a cherry-picker and on a giant hand, both of which kept breaking down.
(10) He added that even many young musicians will have to be pensioned off at great expense.
(11) Over the past 50 years, composer Steve Reich’s music has had a powerful impact – not only on the contemporary classical world, but also on legions of rock, pop, hip-hop, jazz, and electronic musicians.
(12) As Brooklyn-based Sudanese vocalist Alsarah put it: "We came in as separate musicians, but we're now creating a little orchestra with a new sound – a Nile sound."
(13) Also on Monday, rock musician and leading opponent of the cull Brian May issued a call for Paterson to resign, claiming he had failed to meet the public's expectation of "honesty and transparency".
(14) The American musician’s unexpected political intervention came in the wake of a much-touted but ultimately disappointing dialogue between government officials and student leaders.
(15) He brought these musicians from all over the place together.” Cochran was passionate about his studio and family, Kizerian said.
(16) It's broad enough to happily hold the startup raising money for a cool piece of tech, and the musician trying to fund a new EP.
(17) Unable to stand or swallow and forced to communicate through a computer, John Close, 54, a former musician, chose suicide in 2003 as his body succumbed to the remorseless grip of motor neurone disease.
(18) The author reviews the locomotor problems observed in performing musicians.
(19) So why stick with this very un-free job of being an orchestral musician?"
(20) Ted Nugent, the ultra-conservative rock musician, is also voting for Trump.
Verve
Definition:
(n.) Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.
Example Sentences:
(1) He sometimes bordered on caricature, but always provided colour and verve.
(2) A pologies in advance for the lack of fizz, the absence of oomph, the non-appearance of verve in today's Rumour Mill.
(3) Beady Eye tracks such as The Roller are, it has to be said, shown up by the former bands' glories, but closing track Bring the Light matches their peaks for sheer verve at least.
(4) The forward scored one goal, made two more and performed with the verve and assurance to suggest he belongs on this stage.
(5) Make no mistake: it is this Party with the verve, energy and ideas to take our country forward.
(6) It has taken Jürgen Klopp less than eight weeks to restore all the verve that, only two seasons ago, almost propelled Liverpool to the Premier League title.
(7) "Despite what staff have been through, they continue to produce papers with verve, style and humour," he said.
(8) They don't seem to be eviscerating the Inter defence with their usual verve and are losing possession more often than you'd expect as a result of misplaced passes and poor touches.
(9) But for all the verve that Leicester could offer, Arsenal found more.
(10) Electrical stimulation of the central end of the ipsilateral vagal nerve in the neck, with the contralateral vagal verve left intact, resulted in a decreased transpyloric flow and relaxation of the stomach.
(11) With the exception of a Junior Stanislas shot that fizzed wide in the 66th minute, they could not create the same attacking verve they had previously shown.
(12) The substitute Duncan Watmore brought some verve and he chased down John O’Shea’s pass to nick the ball from in front of the hesitant Olejnik and score.
(13) Nine of the 23 travelling to France are aged 30 or over and, if Russia lack verve, they do at least have a battle-hardened core of competitors who will work honestly and are motivated for one last push before, surely, the squad is significantly refreshed in the run-up to their home World Cup.
(14) Granted their recent run of defeats has come against teams at the top end of the division but too often Christian Benteke was left isolated here, with only gabriel Agbonlahor providing any semblance of attacking verve in the final third.
(15) Yet here they countered with verve and threat, and defended with such energy.
(16) The visitors strained to match the offensive verve of the Poles, who showed no sign of settling for the scoreless draw that would have been enough for them to progress.
(17) There’s a liquid verve to the way Rogic moves that marks him out as the shout-out-loud star on which the next generation of Socceroos World Cup group stage exits should be built.
(18) Was it good that the Verve's comeback wasn't neat and tidy?
(19) The initial uptake of P and increase of n was more obvious in verve endings of the large muscle fibres.
(20) I like to create thinkers and variety.” Murray, by now, is beaming and transmitting the verve she had displayed throughout a morning at the Roehampton club when working with a dozen gifted young players brought together by Head.