staccato

Example Sentences

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“Secondary” has a staccato format, amplified by its staging: A jumbotron-like overhead device shows one video channel on three screens, while four other channels run on monitors around the studio.

From New York Times

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