subito

Example Sentences

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Rubato in the 13th Variation and subito piano effects in the 12th gave shape to quick figures that might otherwise pass mechanically.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Banners proclaimed santo subito, Sainthood Now, and already reports were spreading of miraculous healings by the Pope last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at Pope John Paul II's funeral in 2005, those gathered at St. Peter's Basilica shouted "Santo subito!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Omnia subito is not its device, but that of the Gnostic heresy.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

Now there is neither gambling nor hanging; but all day long loafers sit on the steps of the columns and discuss pronto and subito and cinque and all the other topics of Venetian conversation.

From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry