cadences
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Mr. Levine plays a far gentler and more original character than we’re used to from him; Jennifer Jason Leigh, as Nicky’s mother, Victoria, has long turned her dying cadences into the voice of dread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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
Shesol added: “You’re absorbing not just the rhythms and cadences of speech, but you’re absorbing a worldview.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
Some marched in formation, easily falling back into old cadences.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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