cadence
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
They envision a time when a choreographed and predictable cadence of trucks arrive at stores loaded with pallets of goods needed at that moment.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 9, 2026
New DoT rules will make it easier to increase space launch cadence.
From Barron's β Oct. 7, 2026
Catching Starship, combined with SpaceX’s planned spaceport in Louisiana, could position the company to “create a steady cadence of launches in 2027,” Hodulik said in a note to clients on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
Pattinson portrays Hansen as a caricature of himself, accentuating the journalist’s unmistakable vocal cadence to remove any distance between “To Catch a Predator” and the man behind the show.
From Salon β Sep. 26, 2026
Sometimes, preoccupied with her work, she sang the refrain very low, very lingeringly; “A long time ago” came out like the saddest cadence of a funeral hymn.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
![]()
While the bots are getting slightly better at mimicking human cadences, AI-generated writing still reeks of the sterile laboratory where it originates.
From The Wall Street Journal β Mar. 5, 2026
He experiments with new tones and cadences; the beats bounce, the production is subdued, but innovative.
From Salon β Aug. 30, 2024
Jackson’s ringing oratory to the delegates at that year’s Democratic convention built with the cadences and rhythm of his years as a Baptist preacher.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 19, 2024
In the stentorian 18th-century cadences of historian Edward Gibbon and essayist Samuel Johnson, he painted a heroic portrait of that nation of shopkeepers and saw Britain’s current troubles in light of its glorious past.
From Seattle Times β Mar. 8, 2024
This type of cadence is more common at pause-type cadences than at full-stop ones.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
![]()
Their days are cadenced only by breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as a few medical appointments and sporadic detention hearings.
From Seattle Times β May 30, 2024
No matter how many times I brought it up, Epiphania always gave the same sad answer in her cadenced, Italian accent: "No, you can't buy it! The house is not on the market!"
From Salon β Jun. 5, 2022
In language as crass and cadenced as gunfire, Mamet turned their man-eat-man philosophy, which some call capitalism, into brutal prole poetry: a poetry of predation, you might even say.
From New York Times β Apr. 14, 2022
The specialists are cadenced and full of adrenaline, so they can get “caught leaning” when the system is out of rhythm.
From Washington Post β Aug. 16, 2021
The Jefferson style was fluid, lyrical, cadenced, and melodious.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
![]()
The psychology of rhythm shows its basal value in cadencing the soul.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
Steadily, lithely, and with never an error the rowers drove through the waves—steadily, and in exact time, their cry arose cadencing each stroke.
From The Prince of India β Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
The cadencing of a musical phrase in Hawaiian song was marked by a peculiarity all its own.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
My wife, who has not the slightest suspicion that I am a Jew, is not a little astonished by this peculiar musical wail, this trilling and cadencing.
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles
Listening fearfully, he heard through these a murmurous baritone cadencing: Talbot Potter declaiming the inwardness of "Roderick Hanscom"; and then—oh, bells of Elfland faintly chiming!—the voice of Wanda Malone!
From Harlequin and Columbine by Booth Tarkington
Vocabulary lists containing cadence
Frankenstein
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com β one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
The Scarlet Letter
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more β and it's all completely free to use!
Grade 11, List 5
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com β we'll help you make the most of your study time!
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word