staccato
Example Sentences
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The book’s 47 staccato chapters jump from one subject to another without much of a discernible pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
“Does the question disturb you?” he continued in a series of staccato questions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
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
Some articulations may be some combination of staccato, legato, and accent.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
