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the pace of something (time between events or subevents) — especially the pace at which music is played

It was a little up-tempo for slow dancing, but that didn't seem to concern him.
Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight

The vacant, lost look in his eyes increased the tempo of her heart.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
Cinder sighed and changed the tempo of her tapping fingers.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
I had his tempo and rhythm down now.
James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls
She felt her pulse pick up tempo, and she brought her face close to Ben's.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One
Now the child in the center began whirling, spinning to lyrics sung in a different, faster tempo: "Solomon 'n' Reiner Belali Shalut..."
Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
My breathing falls in time with my mother's, with the tempo of the waves outside.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
Though the pounding sound, much like the beat of a kettle drum, was timed to the insistent tempo of the strings, it overrode them.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
Outside, the light pulsed madly as the tempo of the distant space battle quickened.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
Around us, the motion of the room has slowed to the lethargic tempo of a music box coming unwound.
Libba Bray -- A Great and Terrible Beauty
"... Our helper He a-mid the floods," wafted out across the Common in the tempo of a football march, "Of mortal ills prevailing!"
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
There was a tempo to how stories got told.
Tim O'Brien -- The Things They Carried
Ramadi had been hot and heavy, with an op tempo that was pretty severe, worse even than Fallujah.
Chris Kyle -- American Sniper
His breathing was even — like the fixed tempo of a marathoner.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
All we have done and can sometimes do is to slacken the tempo of this brief interval that is called life.
James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
The music swells, the tempo rises, and the dancers' long skirts float out like bells.
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
Its leisurely tempo feels mismatched to the strenuousness of the exercise, but Shirakawa is subtly controlling his movements in time with the music.
Haruki Murakami -- After Dark
Nolan got a funny look on his face and picked up the tempo.
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
Before Roran quite knew it, anchors had been raised, the gangway was cut loose, and a drum pounded beneath his feet, setting the tempo for the oarsmen.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
He began to control the tempo and flow of the game with the sheer immensity of his gifts.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline

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