Sample Sentences forcadence (editor-reviewed)
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The sound of the waves crashing on the shore had a comforting cadence.cadence = rhythm or recurring pattern
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She speaks with a halting, mumbled cadence.cadence = rhythm
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Defensive players may not interfere with the quarterback's signals by making sounds in the cadence of the offensive signals.cadence = rhythm or recurring pattern
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Her voice had the same slow, neutral cadence as a bedtime book. (source)cadence = rhythm
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The voices talked of everything, there was nothing they could not talk about, he knew from the very cadence and motion and continual stir of curiosity and wonder in them. (source)
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The bad news is that my hands prevent me from using either cane or wheelchair, so I must now march to my own unique cadence to keep upright. (source)cadence = recurring pattern of movements
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Sometimes, preoccupied with her work, she sang the refrain very low, very lingeringly; "A long time ago" came out like the saddest cadence of a funeral hymn. (source)cadence = rhythm
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Not in the Capitol accent, but in the rougher cadences of home.† (source)
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The cadenced rain was muffled here, like the drumming for a funeral cortege passing out on the highway.† (source)
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The latest shield under it was Lionel's—argent, a bend gules distinguished with some sort of label of cadency.† (source)
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Grover played a sharp tweet-tweet cadence on his reed pipes. (source)cadence = rhythm or recurring pattern of sounds
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And his cadences were their cadences, the cadences which voiced their woe and what to them was the meaning of the stiffness, and the cold, and dark.† (source)
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The arrangement gave each rower when at work ample room, if he timed his movements with those of his associates, the principle being that of soldiers marching with cadenced step in close order.† (source)
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Each of them wore a silk jupon blazoned with the chevron and the three thistles, distinguished in the case of the younger brothers with various labels of cadency, so that they looked like a hand of playing cards spread out.† (source)
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Now and again the changed cadence of a story coming through made Sandi lean forward and listen. (source)cadence = recurring pattern of sounds
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Bishop Long has launched into a rousing sermon, and as he speaks, his rolling cadences echo through the sanctuary, bringing the three hundred parishioners-a fine turnout on a rainy night-to their feet.† (source)
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