Example Sentences

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Every body slap and stomp is part of the rhythm and the music of it, because it couldn’t just be where diegetic audio fades out and then there’s this great, wonderful piece.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Tense discussions of life-altering events are matched by the diegetic decibels of smooth jazz or string symphonies.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2025

The music, in this case, arises not from a conventional score, but rather from the diegetic accompaniments of soup bubbling in a pot, butter sizzling in a pan and utensils scraping against crockery.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

That’s why I loved Moultrie’s dance staging for “Fat Ham,” in which characters discovered their truth through what you might call diegetic movement.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Transferring any story from screen to stage is a big lift, and the addition of diegetic music—the dreaded-by-some “people randomly bursting into song” effect—raises the degree of difficulty even higher.

From Slate • May 21, 2021