string orchestra

noun

1. an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses

Example Sentences

Guests then walked through a live string orchestra and a tableau of performers dressed as woodland creatures — in tunics and tights — frolicking in the forest.

From Seattle Times

She had just performed the second of two shows at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, swaying in a dark blue gown in front of a 20-piece string orchestra, her hands knitted over her diaphragm.

From New York Times

Konopka divided the ensemble into a double string orchestra and had them seated antiphonally on the stage.

From New York Times

The Virtuosi, Sphinx’s premier touring group, is a chamber string orchestra made up of young Black and Latino musicians.

From New York Times

We enter a symphonic troposphere where clouds are clotted harmonies, where turbulence is a string orchestra plucking and strumming violins and violas like guitars.

From Los Angeles Times