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violin

/ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn/ verb C2
  1. To play on, or as if on, a violin.

He/she/it violins · Past violined · Past participle violined · -ing form violining

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Verb forms

Base form
violin
He/she/it
violins
Past
violined
Past participle
violined
-ing form
violining

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She was said to have a weak chest, and like Antonia in the Cremona Violin, she would die one day while singing.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 780 · C1
Might I ask you to hand me my violin, and we will postpone all further thought upon this business until we have had the advantage of meeting Dr.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 33 · C1
The overture to the second act began; and, at the first sound of the leader’s bow across his violin, Franz observed the sleeper slowly arise and approach the Greek girl, who turned around to say a few words to him, and then, leaning forward again on the railing of her box, she became as absorbed as before in what was going on.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 372 · C1
“Do you include violin-playing in your category of rows?” he asked, anxiously.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 10 · B2

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