cadences

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Mr. Levine plays a far gentler and more original character than we’re used to from him; Jennifer Jason Leigh, as Nicky’s mother, Victoria, has long turned her dying cadences into the voice of dread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

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

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

I retreated to the edge of Gladys’s bed and stared at the curtain leading to the room where Mami and Angelina murmured in soft cadences.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago