How to Use allegro in a Sentence

allegro

noun
  • The symphony's first movement is an allegro.
  • The last movement, a spirited allegro, was assured, perfectly clean and just a hair this side of too fast.
    Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 2 Apr. 2017
  • So too did the artists bring out the Mendelssohnian grace of the allegro molto from Opus 8, the imitative figures bouncing from one instrument to the next.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The ballerina role remains one of the peaks of allegro bravura.
    Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • At each stage of class—the barre exercises, the serene adagio movements, and allegro jumps from petit to grande—there’s a code, a recipe, literal steps to doing things well.
    Matt Ortile, SELF, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The first movement is a dramatic sonata-allegro form, and Kuan’s deft handling of the many tempo changes enhanced the sense of sense of inevitable progression built into the music.
    Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 5 May 2018
  • The final allegro came from a flock of cackling kookaburras outside my villa.
    George Epaminondas, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Whether the music is adagio or allegro, this dance is always pedal to the metal — the dancers running, spinning, one leaping headlong into the others’ arms, another rolling across the stage as the others jump over her.
    Brian Seibert, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The third and final movement is another sonata-allegro form, which incorporates quotations from the first and second movements.
    Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2019
  • With trombones and tuba anchoring the harmony, this allegro con anima lived in a histrionic-free zone.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Music director Eric Jacobsen drew out the rhythmic accents of the allegro first movement.
    Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Fielding a request to do a spontaneous piece, Wheaton starts with an up-tempo, plinking line of notes, adds a brisk allegro melody that plays in syncopation against it, and finally pipes in a series of cascading arpeggios.
    Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • In the carefree allegro section, tuba races against chattering trumpets.
    Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Barak takes over with crisply energetic allegro dancing, adding a lively three dimensions to the digital drawings.
    Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 25 June 2017
  • At Aimard’s resolute tempo, the opening allegro carried an elemental energy that swept all before it.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Capping the extended allegro giusto finale, Mr. Morris reverses the configuration.
    Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2018
  • The symphony's first movement is an allegro.
  • The last movement, a spirited allegro, was assured, perfectly clean and just a hair this side of too fast.
    Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 2 Apr. 2017
  • So too did the artists bring out the Mendelssohnian grace of the allegro molto from Opus 8, the imitative figures bouncing from one instrument to the next.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The ballerina role remains one of the peaks of allegro bravura.
    Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • At each stage of class—the barre exercises, the serene adagio movements, and allegro jumps from petit to grande—there’s a code, a recipe, literal steps to doing things well.
    Matt Ortile, SELF, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The first movement is a dramatic sonata-allegro form, and Kuan’s deft handling of the many tempo changes enhanced the sense of sense of inevitable progression built into the music.
    Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 5 May 2018
  • The final allegro came from a flock of cackling kookaburras outside my villa.
    George Epaminondas, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Whether the music is adagio or allegro, this dance is always pedal to the metal — the dancers running, spinning, one leaping headlong into the others’ arms, another rolling across the stage as the others jump over her.
    Brian Seibert, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The third and final movement is another sonata-allegro form, which incorporates quotations from the first and second movements.
    Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2019
  • With trombones and tuba anchoring the harmony, this allegro con anima lived in a histrionic-free zone.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Music director Eric Jacobsen drew out the rhythmic accents of the allegro first movement.
    Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Fielding a request to do a spontaneous piece, Wheaton starts with an up-tempo, plinking line of notes, adds a brisk allegro melody that plays in syncopation against it, and finally pipes in a series of cascading arpeggios.
    Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • In the carefree allegro section, tuba races against chattering trumpets.
    Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Barak takes over with crisply energetic allegro dancing, adding a lively three dimensions to the digital drawings.
    Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 25 June 2017

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