How to Use cadence in a Sentence

cadence

noun

• Oars moved back and forth in smooth cadence.
• He speaks with a soft Southern cadence.
• One thing at a time, one task a day or whatever cadence feels best for you.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2024
• His sound and cadence are slow-footed, and that menacing snarl matches his name.
  — Julian Randall, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024
• The hypnotic cadence seems to lull her into a state of serenity.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022
• And then the cadence that defines much of the film—circumstances requiring his sacrifices—sets in.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2021
• His language has a hurtling kind of poetry, the inventive cadence of a man who has taught himself to write by reading and looking things up.
  — Evan Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• Her friends claim that the experience endowed her with the ability to rap with a near-perfect Eminem cadence.
  — Luke Winkie, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• The program isn't perfect; for example, the cadence of the voice replica is a bit slow, according to the Kerners.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
• The creation of rhythm is an act of listening to one’s inner cadence, catching the various emotions that spring forth, returning them to the body.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2022
• After your trial period, your cost will depend on your prescription, type of contact lenses and delivery cadence.
  — Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
• His cadence is unhurried; answers arrive casually — in broad, abstract remarks.
  — Marcus J. Moore, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2022
• Road cycling has a version of this, too, embodied by the French term souplesse, which describes a rider’s smooth, beautiful, and high-cadence pedal stroke.
  — Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2022
• Having the linear channel launch come nearly a year later turned out to be the perfect cadence for the couple, who steer their business empire and their lives from Waco, Tex.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Jan. 2022
• The cadence of customer communications has accelerated as conversations have moved from face to face to digital channels.
  — Stephen Diorio, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• But at the end of March, the cadence moved to twice a week.
  — Kerry Flynn, CNN, 10 July 2020
• The bass lines changed, the pockets changed, the cadence, the writing.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
• The video speed seems to max out around 75 points of cadence.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021
• But her cadence slows as the weight of that day comes back.
  — Rebecca Nelson, Cosmopolitan, 25 Oct. 2017
• For decades, that cadence has been more or less the same.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2018
• The cadence in the huddle, say, or the body language on the sideline.
  — Shawn Windsor, USA TODAY, 31 July 2022
• Now feels like a good time to make a quick note about cadence.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 2 Apr. 2019
• Firefly aims to reach a cadence of one launch a month by the year 2024.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
• If the bird is singing, try to remember the length and cadence of its song.
  — Matt Goulet, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
• On the page, Adichie’s words retain the rousing cadence of a speech.
  — Nicole Lamy, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
• Byford lays out the case with the practiced cadence of a stump speech.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
• The players’ eyes are locked in as the coaches speak in rapid-fire cadences.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
• The pulse of city life would be tempered with the serene cadence of the countryside.
  — Paul Jebara, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
• The app tracks heart rate, speed, cadence, and distance data on the screen.
  — Diana Kelly Levey, Health, 20 Feb. 2023
• All the kick snares and everything changed — the bass lines changed, the pockets changed, the cadence, the writing.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024