subito

Example Sentences

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Rubato in the 13th Variation and subito piano effects in the 12th gave shape to quick figures that might otherwise pass mechanically.

From New York Times

They are always served with the question, “Mangia subito?” — to which the answer can only be, “Yes, I am eating this immediately.”

From New York Times

Omnia subito is not its device, but that of the Gnostic heresy.

From Project Gutenberg

I did not know that those musical strains of the midday Angelus were his death-knell—the ringing up of the great stage-manager, Death, for his volté subito—his leap through the ring to eternity.

From Project Gutenberg

Now there is neither gambling nor hanging; but all day long loafers sit on the steps of the columns and discuss pronto and subito and cinque and all the other topics of Venetian conversation.

From Project Gutenberg