staccato

She imbues the sentence with a staccato rhythm to underline her no-shortcuts approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

When texting Trump, Rutte would echo the president’s own syntax and hyperbole, keeping his messages congratulatory, with staccato sentences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

He tried to convince the American people of his strength and relevance through the sheer force of his voice and his staccato delivery.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025

There was a kind of rhythm, a fast staccato he could get.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

I took off after him, my helmet whapping against the roof in a painful staccato.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

At one point, while moving around the space, she emits a series of staccati on one note — “Ha, ha, ha” and then “He, he, he.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2013

She sang her high F, managed chromatics and staccati with incredible ease.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wieniawski, I have read, could only play his staccati at a high rate of speed.

From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Frederick Herman Martens

He lent tenderness to the staccatos of the second and imbued its dizzying runs with painterly depth.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022

Armed with a set of spoons, he battered them against every available surface — from his knees, teeth and cheeks to pillars, sidewalks and banisters — scooping rhythmic staccatos out of thin air.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

Heard on an archival recording, the piece’s crucial staccatos are imprecisely pronounced, and the finale is shockingly subdued.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2021

As some stand-up is moving toward a more flowing, storytelling state, it’s nice to have the bold staccatos of sketch in the mix, too.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2019

It whistled once long and melodiously, then twice in short staccatos.

From Frank of Freedom Hill by Samuel A. (Samuel Arthur) Derieux