cadences

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He couldn’t navigate transitions into and out of baks, the introductory rhythmic cadences of Senegalese sabar music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Now speak it,’” Tami reflects, his cadences sounding in her voice.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

He experiments with new tones and cadences; the beats bounce, the production is subdued, but innovative.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

Shesol added: “You’re absorbing not just the rhythms and cadences of speech, but you’re absorbing a worldview.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

But she opened an almanac where the spine broke and in compromise with herself used the same cadences she used for the Bible.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead