staccato
Example Sentences
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The book’s 47 staccato chapters jump from one subject to another without much of a discernible pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
“Does the question disturb you?” he continued in a series of staccato questions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
An England regular when Stokes and McCullum took charge in the summer of 2022, the 27-year-old has had a staccato career over the past three years.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
Tilson Thomas beat out those three emphatic staccato orchestral chords — Let!
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025
Often, such music calls for notes that are a little more separate or defined than legato, but still nowhere as short as staccato.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing staccato
Number the Stars
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The Kite Runner
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Music - Introductory
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