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

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

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

He has had to learn the playbook, pre-snap cadences, even how to put his pads on.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

Jackson’s ringing oratory to the delegates at that year’s Democratic convention built with the cadences and rhythm of his years as a Baptist preacher.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

Whereas Jackson tended toward a more volatile and pulpit-thumping style reminiscent of an itinerant Presbyterian minister in the revivalistic mode, Smith preferred the more measured cadences of the South Carolina aristocrat steeped in Ciceronian formalities.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis