How to Use tempo in a Sentence

tempo

noun
  • The tempo of the game slowed down.
  • The song has a slow tempo.
  • We walked at a fast tempo.
  • The dance starts out fast and then switches tempo.
  • The composition has many changes of tempo.
  • Payne pushed the tempo as the Suns played faster with him in the lineup.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
  • The aim was to return the tempo to the same rate as when the song began.
    Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • So the West Coast was always like, take the tempo down, right?
    Cecily Cruz, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But though the tempo of her music was fast, the vibe was placid.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The tempo tracks my reps and gives feedback on my form.
    The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2023
  • From there, the Bobcats controlled the tempo much of the rest of the period.
    Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Home in on your tempo and add a pause halfway through the lift to keep your hips in the right place.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The soundtrack is a funky kind of samba-soul and the vibe is just as up-tempo as the beat.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • And of course there's melody and there's rhythm and tempo and all of that stuff, but to me, the story is what grabs me.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • There’s going to be times in the huddle where maybe the tempo’s not great.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Fukushima: One of the unique things about the song is how the tempo drops way down during the chorus.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
  • And the tempo of the song starts out slow but then gets very fast very quickly … boom boom boom.
    Barbra Streisand, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Knight urged his team to keep the tempo up and not fall for the tricks the Sentinels were throwing at them.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
  • There’s no game where the tempo is more important than The Game.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The game opens at a steady tempo and then hits a sudden and massive spike.
    Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • As the tempo rose, a perimeter of cellphone screens formed around them.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The second half began as the first ended, with Duquesne in control of the tempo and the score.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Horned Frogs want to push the tempo and force Michigan to operate at a faster pace.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Louisville, which never trailed in the game, turned up the intensity and controlled the tempo for the rest of the game.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2022
  • My impression was that Bob likes a slow tempo for the songs, and Phil likes it a bit faster.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Kelly had the Bruins playing with high tempo for most of the night.
    J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The top five each perform a ballad and then an up-tempo song.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The fast tempo was too much for Attucks leading to turnovers and easy run outs for LN.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2022
  • When stuff wasn’t going our way at the beginning, our tempo wasn’t very good.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2024
  • But learning to dance with the music and being able to keep the tempo is not easy if you weren’t born with the natural feel for music.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024

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