Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for staccato.
Definitions

staccato

[stuh-kah-toh] / stəˈkɑ toʊ /


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.

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

They all dig Frankie and the Witch Fingers, an L.A.-based band whose irresistible garagey-psychedelic rock sometimes even invokes shades of Oingo Boingo and Devo thanks to a staccato freneticism and pointed lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

How England survive his staccato approach and educated fingers will go a long way to deciding the series.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Whispers ride the air, and I think I hear the piercing staccato of wild laughter.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




Vocabulary lists containing staccato