tempo
Example Sentences
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Emotional arcs are readily discernible, and there are surprising shifts in tempo and density.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
There really is something undeniably moving about the track’s three opening chords: their warmth, the unhurried tempo, the gentle tone of the Rhodes electric piano.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Sexyy Red shows up again on “Hurrr Nor Thurrr” but the charm of their earlier pairing is absent, and the tempo is so slow the song seems to be struggling to maintain consciousness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Her performance is a cross between an AA meeting and The Exorcist, as dancers in plastic chairs twitch and shake to the song's ever-changing tempo.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The vacant, lost look in his eyes increased the tempo of her heart.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Vocabulary lists containing tempo
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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