How to Use syncopation in a Sentence

syncopation

noun

• What better sign that summer is around the corner than the sound of syncopation and the taste of rum.
  — cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
• Brass and winds beat out syncopations as though every left turn were a right turn.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• Starya’s new EP Find the Key is a symphony of syncopation.
  — Danny Klein, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
• Quick-jabbing triplets had been a staple of rap, but the trio made the style sound fresh, thanks in large part to Takeoff, its master of syncopation.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2022
• The boogie-woogie backup vocals and quirky syncopation from the lyrics give the whole thing a lovable kiss of kitsch.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• And then there is the rush created by Wainaina’s language, which moves to its own syncopation.
  — Anderson Tepper, New York Times, 29 May 2023
• These include quirky syncopations in need of a nimble rhythmic touch to catch their sly humor.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• Unevenness or syncopation within a piece of prose or a work of art or a piece of music are, for me, what bring that thing closer to the real rhythms of a person's mind.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 18 May 2021
• The result was a rough-and-tumble rush in which melodic cross-currents and catch-up-if-you-can syncopations swallowed each other up.
  — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
• In a 10-minute span there’s frenzied stamp, swirl and syncopation, sometimes layered in busy textures.
  — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
• Most tappers at the time danced on their toes, but Bubbles brought his heels down, adding rhythmic complexity and syncopation.
  — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 22 May 2022
• An aura of dread and violence is summoned by the off-center images, the syncopations of the editing and the relentless hum and throb of Jonny Greenwood’s score.
  — A. O. Scott, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
• The waves rolling into the shore make cascades of sound, sometimes regular rhythms and sometimes duples and triples and offbeat syncopations—all set against the arpeggios and glissandos of the birds.
  — Alan Hirshfeld, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
• His frenzied tapping at times added syncopation to the a cappella song fragments.
  — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2021
• The dinosaur and the kids—a diverse group of youngsters, brimming with forced cheer—sing strenuously wholesome songs and dance in awkward syncopation.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2022
• And in this performance there was no missing Bernstein’s love of jazz syncopation and rhythmic propulsion.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
• Once again in pop history, a singer attempts to convey new edge, new danger, by trying on a little more syncopation.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2017
• Her new album, Sent from Saturn, soars with vocals, stabs with syncopation, and pulls you to the dance floor with eight radio-length gems bookended by short cinematic ins and outs.
  — Danny Klein, SPIN, 31 Jan. 2023
• His namesake outfit draws in stanzas from the epic of 20th century blues and R&B, accented with Latin jazz and the pitter-patter syncopation of adroit hands rapping the congas.
  — Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
• Lots of syncopation and kooky instruments, as well as clear melodies, keep the sonic landscape interesting.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2012
• Tell us about your experiments on rhythm and syncopation.
  — Simon Worrall, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2017
• Then the track lightens up a little with some comforting Wurlitzer electric piano, then leans into Daru Jones funkily taking his syncopation out on the rims of his drums.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
• Unique to dembow is also how the music is danced, which clearly draws from footwork inherent to juke, syncopation in breakdancing, and afrobeats movement.
  — Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• To gain a greater understanding of Bowie’s artistry while recording the song, Hinds abandoned his usual approach to executing melody and syncopation.
  — Patricia Meschino, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2023
• Anyone who’s tried to rap along with Lamar knows that his songs are masterpieces of physical as well as verbal endurance: breath control, tongue-twisting, sudden changes of rhythm, syncopation and tone.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 23 Oct. 2022
• Salterini says contemporary dance is the bringing together the formalism and bravado of ballet, the earthiness of modern dance and the rhythms and syncopation of jazz dance.
  — Diana Dunbar, miamiherald, 17 Apr. 2018
• But his memoir, like Guo’s, also captures a China where the syncopation of pile drivers only adds to the drumbeat of national optimism.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
• During the nine years covered in this box, Wilson relaxed the pronounced syncopation in his left hand and developed a lushness and sophistication in his right.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
• Suits is like those series, only more so, its writing, directing, acting, and staging honed to a dapper syncopation.
  — James Wolcott, HWD, 27 Apr. 2018
• Each section — the verses, the chorus and the purposely repetitive bridge — uses a different form of melodic syncopation to keep the sonic scenes changing.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024