Viola's big brother

Usage examples of cello.

The gentlemen amused themselves by rattling on about the Guadagnini cello.

The Veronese also bared his head and made the sign of reverence, for they were passing the island of San Michele, toward which a mournful procession of boats, each with its torch and its banner of black, was slowly gliding, while back over the water echoed the dirge from those sobbing cellos.

The living room is full of cellos in black cases the cellists brought in, like sarcophaguses on little wheels.

But the cellists pack up their cellos and they thank her and they drive away, leaving the dishes piled in the sink for Louise to wash.

Round the end of the kitchen table he turned on the radio which eagerly informed him that a group of handicapped mountainclimbers had carried an American flag and a bag of jellybeans to the summit of Mount Rainier before he could bend to turn the dial, slowly, bringing in the full chord of a cello.

Peake, watching her, thought she touched the controls of the drive mechanism as if they had been the frets of her cello or the body of a lover.

I think they picked Moira because they needed a cello for the string quartet.

Moira said, going to the rack where the musical instruments were kept and getting out her cello, and a little later, Fontana came in, carrying a printout of the Mass in Five Voices.

Moira grabbed the cello, manhandled it into its case and snapped it safely inside, then purposefully forced herself down toward the DeMag unit.

Moira put away her cello again, knowing that she, too, should find something to eat.

Moira, even as she clamped her helmet, looked reflexively toward the bin where her cello was stored.

So I let him bring his flute, which sounds quite nice with the cello whenever they hit the right notes.

Anna has fallen asleep inside a cello case, like a fat green pea in a coffin.

The young one with curly black hair, bent over his cello as if he might fall in.

He holds on to his cello as if it might grow legs and run away if he let go.