staccato

Example Sentences

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As we scampered back along the coastline toward the lighthouse, our footfalls timed in a staccato dance with the incoming tide, I heard Fisher’s chirpy voice.

From New York Times

During rehearsals in Harlem last week, Higginson led the Sing Harlem choir, instructing them to stand tall, jive to the rhythm, and hit sharp staccato notes.

From New York Times

Instead of using the string section as a soft underscore, Paul asked them to play in sharp, staccato stings inspired by Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

From BBC

Q: There’s a wonderful presence of time as a kind of medium in the film — a sort of a legato smoothness to the long takes, and then things move into this more staccato third act.

From Washington Post

In place of Shakespeare’s iambic pentameter, Park writes in sharp, staccato rhythms, with short lines that drive through the scenes a few syllables at a time.

From New York Times