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staccato

[stuh-kah-toh] / stəˈkɑ toʊ /


Example Sentences

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“Does the question disturb you?” he continued in a series of staccato questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The progression of the façades from warm rose to pink-cream to mauve-green is knit together by the blues and sienna of the windows, anchored by the staccato pink and green water below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

The band emerged in a flicker of static and staccato strings, accompanied by a lone saxophone, before breaking into Happiness.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Tilson Thomas beat out those three emphatic staccato orchestral chords — Let!

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025

There were many staccato footfalls back and forth in the bathroom, which meant, he knew, that his mother was attempting to accomplish several phases of her toilet at once.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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