metronome
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India great Jasprit Bumrah, Australia metronome Josh Hazlewood and New Zealand swinger Trent Boult have all been smacked over the ropes in this year's tournament.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Trade the metronome as it swings back and forth, but don’t let the hypnotic sound lull you into complacency.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
"We're now starting to understand how the uterus acts as both a muscle and a metronome to ensure that labor follows the body's own rhythm."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
The rhythm of it could be a metronome for this movie’s plot — it whips us around to the point of delighted collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Matthew picked up the entire can, turned it upside down and drained the juice violently, his adam’s apple straining and pulsing like a metronome.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
The night sky contains remarkably precise "cosmic clocks": pulsars, which are dense neutron stars that emit radio pulses at steady intervals, ticking like perfectly timed metronomes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
Ninety percent of bands use backing tracks and metronomes, but we play 100% live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
The musicians can practice their melodies and train their lung capacities inside, often to the insistent clacking of metronomes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
After a few stressful spring weeks, they now operate more like metronomes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022
In its crudest form, this exploitation of 'phasing’ could be demonstrated by setting off two pendulum metronomes at exactly the same time and precisely the same speed.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing metronome
Music - Introductory
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Nine
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Music - Middle School
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