metronome

Example Sentences

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The danger of these big moves—which are like a giant metronome that swings over the market—is that they can infect the analytical mind-set needed to successfully navigate markets with the momentum-trading virus.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The young Broad's cricketing hero was Australia metronome Glenn McGrath, and his development was accelerated by a spell as an 18-year-old with Melbourne club Hoppers Crossing.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

These are the bluebloods, the old money of the investment world, steady as a metronome and just as thrilling.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

The announcements came like a metronome at the start of last season, a steady stream of almost weekly news releases from the Dodgers announcing one Japanese sponsorship deal after the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

He swung his right arm upward to shake Harry’s hand, but at the last moment seemed unable to face it, and merely closed his fist and began swinging it backward and forward like a metronome.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling