How to Use metronome in a Sentence

metronome

noun

• Pavlov trained dogs to associate the sight of food with the sound of a metronome.
  — Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
• To suit the mood of the piece, the background sound will be a metronome, rather than music.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• She is troubled by the metronome ticking, a knock at the door, a scream in the woods.
  — Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
• Someone turns on the metronome in Tár’s study one night.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2022
• And to think that Zeke played all those without a metronome.
  — Andrew Holter, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2023
• There is comfort in the ageless metronome of the seasons.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
• First, both men stand at the baseline, going back and forth, playing the plush metronome of the game.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2020
• An included metronome keeps the beat to keep each part on time.
  — Eliot Van Buskirk, WIRED, 9 June 2008
• Players have to press buttons in time with the visual metronome at the bottom of the screen.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
• One year later, the hard contact no longer comes with the steadiness of a metronome.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019
• Foot by foot, the rig’s hammer slammed the pillar into the ground with the rhythmic beat of a metronome.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• Just place a moving object, like a clock or a metronome, in front of the camera.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2020
• Beethoven used the then-new metronome to set down beat-per-minute timings of his symphonies.
  — Dallas News, 13 May 2022
• Mark Reynolds, hitting home runs at a metronome clip, has made a habit of jogging around the bases.
  — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017
• At Ojai, musicians held the metronomes while standing in the aisles.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
• In the first, the pacing follows that of a metronome; the pause between each note is the same duration.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021
• Nicky Romero slammed the arpeggiator down and pumped up the metronome for a classic big-room house vibe.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2017
• Freaky creaks and disembodied growls clashed with the metronome of my pulse: thwomp … thwomp …thwomp.
  — Adam Erace, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
• The participants had to simply keep rhythm with the metronome.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• The noise of the pulses is like the beat of a metronome or a very fast elevator that beeps at every floor.
  — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 2 May 2018
• Half of the group then pulled an all-nighter before taking a treadmill test, in which they were asked to keep step with the beat of a metronome.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
• Ask Alexa to record your playing and the keyboard will do it; ask to turn on the metronome, turn up the volume or change the sound and it’s as good as done.
  — Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2020
• The metronome of my breath, the monotony of lap after turn after lap, is like meditation to me.
  — Jenna Dedić, Redbook, 25 May 2017
• The metronome of my breath, the monotony of lap after turn after lap, is like meditation to me.
  — Jenna Dedić, Redbook, 25 May 2017
• They were instructed to adjust their stride rates upward to match the metronome.
  — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 23 July 2019
• His head rolls on the pillow, with intention and control, from side to side, each ear touching down like the taps of a metronome.
  — David Aloi, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2020
• Vidor set a metronome to match the pace of a funeral cortège in wartime footage and had a drummer beat the tempo for his actors.
  — Kristin M. Jones, WSJ, 30 July 2022
• The swish swish sound of one’s moving arms while running can act as a metronome with which when your body is comfortable.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2022
• Much of his choral style — directing that has the precision of a metronome — has been carried over, but no harm done.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 5 Oct. 2019
• All of the study participants then had to walk on a treadmill and try to coordinate their steps with the beat of a metronome.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024