cadences

Example Sentences

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In walk-and-talk videos, he used Trump’s singsong cadences to freestyle on pop culture topics from Scooby-Doo to Weird Al Yankovic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

The voices of his protagonists, which is to say the cadences of their social identities, determine not just the sound but the shape of their stories.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

He experiments with new tones and cadences; the beats bounce, the production is subdued, but innovative.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

Minaj kept her loopy bars in the newer “FTCU” on a tight leash, yanking her cadences tightly for effect over the twirling beat.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

Cora had decided on the way over that in her new position she would avoid the cadences of plantation speech the best she could.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead