staccato
Example Sentences
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Most recently, complaints around the staccato beat from pickleball games prompted local authorities to shorten court hours and put out noise reminders.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
“Does the question disturb you?” he continued in a series of staccato questions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
The progression of the façades from warm rose to pink-cream to mauve-green is knit together by the blues and sienna of the windows, anchored by the staccato pink and green water below.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
They all dig Frankie and the Witch Fingers, an L.A.-based band whose irresistible garagey-psychedelic rock sometimes even invokes shades of Oingo Boingo and Devo thanks to a staccato freneticism and pointed lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
I could imagine her tramping through the rooms, perhaps paying sixpence for admission, ripping the quietude with her sharp, staccato laugh.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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Number the Stars
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Music - Introductory
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