metronome

Example Sentences

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As such inherent metronomes, time crystals may be a great future asset to precision timekeeping or quantum information processing.

From Scientific American

For more than six years, Scherzer has been a human metronome for this team, filling most turns and owning opponents, stomping all the while.

From Washington Post

For four decades, David Taylor has relied on a ventilator to breathe, the whoosh, whoosh of the machine part of the background metronome of daily life.

From Salon

She pushed for the acquisition of Francis Bacon’s “Reclining Man With Sculpture” and “Last Object,” a unique Dada sculpture by Man Ray from his metronome series, when they came up for auction.

From New York Times

Instead, he tapped the back of Williams's seat repeatedly, like an irritating metronome.

From Salon