nova
Example Sentences
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With each album, Everything but the Girl took a different approach: from skeletal to maximal, bossa nova to rock, retro Wall of Sound to sleek Los Angeles pop.
From New York Times
Rio is the cradle of samba and bossa nova music and home to libertine Carnival festivities that encourage costumes and clowning.
From Washington Times
In another city, a musician spent hours teaching Mr. Deppenschmidt the subtle, syncopated two-beat rhythm of the bossa nova, in which the drummer typically uses a brush in one hand, a stick in the other.
From Washington Post
She brings the same sang-froid to “Rainforest,” patiently unloading her most urgent words into a bossa nova rhythm’s gentle churn.
From Washington Post
Murakami, who on his radio show has expressed concern about prejudice and discrimination against coronavirus patients, said he finds that the rhythm of Bossa nova has a healing effect.
From Seattle Times
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