Some consider him to be the "Stradivarius" of builders; he only makes a few a year. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
Every "Stradivarius" now in existence is worth from three to ten thousand dollars, or several times its weight in gold. From Wordnik.com. [Pushing to the Front] Reference
Stradivarius, was born in Cremona, probably in 1644. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians] Reference
If only they haven't hurt my violin, my Stradivarius!. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
Stradivarius in 1716, and still in perfect condition. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians] Reference
And she played April beautifully, like a Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [BB6 – With but a week to go] Reference
I will trouble you to send for my Stradivarius at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
He's playing on an 18th Century Stradivarius at a metro station. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2007] Reference
Beane + Oakland GM plays trade game, waivers like a Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Regards to Stradivarius (Stadivariette?) and stay out of trouble. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
Stradivarius submarines summer sun supernatural surveyors surveys. From Wordnik.com. [Engage cloaking device!] Reference
He toyed with the Stradivarius mocking it, clasping it, listening. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
PHILLIPS: Well -- and tell me, this is your baby, your Stradivarius?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2002] Reference
She had to lay down various layers, like shellacking a Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
We still don't know how they made Stradivarius violins sound so good. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
The movie was based on the story of a Stradivarius violin, made in 1701. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Luce: Caroline Goulding Makes Magic at Young Concert Artists 50th Anniversary] Reference
Now, this is one of the few great Stradivarius cellos that count as Stanlein. From Wordnik.com. [Bernard Greenhouse: A Master And His Cello] Reference
I was obsessed with a French camera, Beaulieu, then the Stradivarius of super-8. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Shapiro: The Tao of Wow] Reference
I hope he meets up with Stradivarius in his next incarnation, perhaps as a string. From Wordnik.com. [Melody Breyer-Grell: Broadway Miracle Sighted on PBS -- South Pacific Permitted Full Use of Real Instruments] Reference
The Japanese really do understand how to play our politicians like a Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [Agents of Influence: How Japan's Lobbyists in the United States Manipulate America's Political and Economic System] Reference
Editing aims at making a piece more like a Stradivarius and less like a microchip. From Wordnik.com. [Writing and Publishing] Reference
The San Franciso Examiner (where Kamiya once worked as an editor) as Stradivarius!. From Wordnik.com. [Writing and Publishing] Reference
He made a few Violins, large Stradivarius form, sound-holes straight and inelegant. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
It's Stradivarius 'second violin he made, and he was 23 years old, when he made it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2002] Reference
Cue the violins, because religious conservatives are being played like a Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [Jackson Williams: Dr. Rove Will See You Now, Gov. Palin] Reference
I told him Hillary is like a fine Stradivarius violin that's had a headache since 1992. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2006] Reference
He conducts his orchestra and singers while playing his instrument, a 1732 Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [A Maestro for the Masses] Reference
Playing a Stradivarius violin doesn't always mean you're going to live up to that honor. From Wordnik.com. [How Andr] Reference
Stradivarius -- deep in thought amid his violins -- which accompanies this, was a Belgian. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians] Reference
"Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill played the issue like a Stradivarius," says Rothenberg. From Wordnik.com. [Rothenberg: Congressional Dems Playing Iraq "Just Right"] Reference
Stradivarius shall earn our bread, and if you are ill, or weary, I will carry you in my arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
Forgive me, I thought for a moment -- Don't be frightened, I thought you were my Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
To the listeners, it's a smooth, very beautiful quality, which is peculiar to the Stradivarius work. From Wordnik.com. [Bernard Greenhouse: A Master And His Cello] Reference
These voters were given buttons to record their reactions to the speech, and the crime issue played like a Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding Bush] Reference
My niece sings, and the curate and I-- 'Arcades ambo' -- respond successively -- he on the bass-viol and I on my Stradivarius. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
To be a painter, does it suffice to arm one's self with a brush, or does the purchase at great cost of a Stradivarius make one a musician?. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
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