cadences
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He couldn’t navigate transitions into and out of baks, the introductory rhythmic cadences of Senegalese sabar music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Now speak it,’” Tami reflects, his cadences sounding in her voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
He experiments with new tones and cadences; the beats bounce, the production is subdued, but innovative.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
In the stentorian 18th-century cadences of historian Edward Gibbon and essayist Samuel Johnson, he painted a heroic portrait of that nation of shopkeepers and saw Britain’s current troubles in light of its glorious past.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
His syntax was different, his cadences more rhythmic.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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