tempo
Example Sentences
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He has benefitted from the switch at Surrey, where he is thought to have rediscovered a natural tempo to his batting.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
"If this tempo is not lost, then within a few months it will be quite realistic to reach multi-year, multibillion contracts," Triukhan wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Fighting across three-minute rounds - rather than two minutes as is traditionally the case in women's boxing - 34-year-old Cameron worked at a high tempo and did her best work on the inside.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Sinatra’s idea, however, was to start with love songs and put them into a swinging, danceable tempo, but at the same time to retain their intrinsic intimacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
According to Izzy, she was useless as a conductor and everyone knew to just watch Kerri Schulman, the first-chair violin, for the tempo.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing tempo
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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