tempo
Example Sentences
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This summer's World Cup will see a high number of law changes, primarily around eradicating tactics to slow the tempo of play and waste time.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
There really is something undeniably moving about the track’s three opening chords: their warmth, the unhurried tempo, the gentle tone of the Rhodes electric piano.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Her performance is a cross between an AA meeting and The Exorcist, as dancers in plastic chairs twitch and shake to the song's ever-changing tempo.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Most of the tracks fell within a tempo range of about 120-140 beats per minute.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
They, all of them, all of the people took it up and sung it over and over until it was wrung dry, and no further innovations of tone and tempo were conceivable.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Vocabulary lists containing tempo
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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