variants or rhythmical
as in metrical
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound lulled to sleep by the rhythmic sound of her mother's voice reading the Bible

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Recent Examples of rhythmic Sometimes a sketch lives or dies because of some rhythmic alchemy. Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 The soundtrack has very rhythmic sound comments – Chemical Brothers style – and not many melodies. Billboard Italy, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025 The tap dancing alone will leave you breathless — especially the epic guns a-blazin’ chase through the halls of the Hotel del Coronado that combines tap mayhem with rhythmic door slamming. Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025 This is a theme Chua repeatedly emphasizes throughout his book: Music in its very rhythmic forms and tonal variations reflects the laws of the universe. Norman Weinstein, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for rhythmic 
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Adjective
  • This reflects the plain and unadorned style of prose writing, contrasting with the rhythmic and metrical structure of verse.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Since it was usually written in the form of a memorable metrical couplet, the epigram became portable through time as well as space.
    A.E. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
Adjective
  • This includes one incident in which 860,000 products weighing a total of 13 metric tonnes (14.3 tons) were discovered at the port of Marseille in a shipment from Malaysia in November.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Beyond the question raised by the exclusive nature of measuring intelligence through an economic indicator, is this metric a means to an end, or an end in itself?
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • More than 30 years after illustrating Norton Juster's cult kids' book, Feiffer returned to the genre as an author, with books like 1993's The Man in the Ceiling (eventually adapted into a musical with Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller) and his 2010 re-teaming with Juster, The Odious Ogre.
    Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
  • With a total of $73.2 million, the musical adaptation continues to dominate the long-term charts.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Average long-haul rates out of the East Coast have remained steady.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Fast-forward six weeks, after a steady climb to the No. 2 ranking entering the final week of the regular season, and the narrative quickly turned on coach Ryan Day’s team after archrival Michigan edged Ohio State for the fourth straight year.
    Lauren Merola, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Rhythmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhythmic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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