staccato

Example Sentences

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Acoustic instruments — cello, guitar — carry the staccato arrangement, but the chorus still works up a hefty beat and an “eye-yi-yi-eyes” vocal hook.

From New York Times

And the piano’s staccato notes have to blend with a smoother continuity of strings.

From New York Times

The looped staccato production is dissonant, dated, and poorly mixed, a far cry from the current era of either Drake or the Weekend’s sonic tastes; the vocals are absent the character that animates both artists.

From Washington Post

Monday, a moment when the Lakers first-round series could swing in one direction or the other, had to mostly be played in staccato.

From Los Angeles Times

In Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, staccato blasts of gunfire marked the early hours of the feast day.

From Seattle Times