cadences
Example Sentences
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Mr. Levine plays a far gentler and more original character than we’re used to from him; Jennifer Jason Leigh, as Nicky’s mother, Victoria, has long turned her dying cadences into the voice of dread.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
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
Their speech was not flavored with the cadences of the South, the slurred rhythms of the region where they had spent their entire lives.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
