rhythmic

Example Sentences

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When the congregation responds with rhythmic panting that slowly builds to shrieks of grief and passion, Ann finally feels at home — the burdens she’s been carrying all her life, cast into the ether.

From Salon

This meeting occasions an early musical number of rich, rhythmic intensity.

From The Wall Street Journal

The morning frost glistens, and—in a clever device—the low sun glimmers through a row of unseen, leafless trees behind the artist, casting crisscrossing, rhythmic shadows on the furrows.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rest of the crew was too busy shoveling herring into barrels while singing rhythmic sea chanties to even say good-bye.

From Literature

“I believe the good soothsayer was speaking metaphorically. You remember what a metaphor is: when one thing is used to describe another—” But Penelope’s explanation was cut short by a rhythmic sound.

From Literature