| 单词 | rhythm |
| 例句 | A few minutes pass, the track rhythm sounding less waltz than clock, ticking out agonizing seconds of silence. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It seemed to pulsate in a rhythm as faint and uneven as that of the wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As Salva walked, the same thoughts kept going through his head in rhythm with his steps. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He beat-boxes the instrumental and pops his chest and booty to the rhythm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We’ve never done this together before, but we establish our rhythm, our division of labor. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The light is dim and artificial and kept to the same level all the time, but even so, the circadian rhythms win out and a nighttime hush has fallen over the place. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We hear all of the “parts” which we think of as music—rhythm, pitch, melody, form, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It rocked him to the rhythm of an ancient, fetal heartbeat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My body vibrates with the rhythms of the cumbias, as though my blood and bones have absorbed the music and my insides are dancing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The man blew the candle out and the darkness descended and the man’s hand closed more tightly around Despereaux and Despereaux felt his beleaguered heart start up a crazy rhythm of fear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the rails tormented me, screeching and banging. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But slowly the whale did stop rocking, and the seas calmed, and the rhythm of the swells took hold again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He was tapping his pen in rhythm with the ticking of the clock. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At the last car, I waited, listening the way I’d been taught—wait till the clack of the train wheels slows to the rhythm of your heartbeat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In the darkness to my right I see fireflies lighting up to a rhythm that is like a heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The furry shape settled itself, and as they stroked, the snore—or the purr—began its rhythm. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The distant boom of artillery switched from its sporadic night rhythm to the purposeful daylight pounding. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The rhythm of his speech was something between a chant and a birdcall. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z "Even our dancing requires more rhythm and grace and beauty. Which reminds me, we are needing to leave in fifteen minutes, Shanti." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Nodding to the rhythm, a pair of knobby little buds in his ears. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Alex wouldn’t say he likes Henry, but he does enjoy the quick rhythm of arguments they fall into. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In the distance, the rhythm of a dribbling basketball beat out a comforting tempo. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Flow is the rhythm of the rhymes, and every word, every syllable, affects it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She always liked the rhythm of the words of the pledge—it made her feel like she belonged to something important. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And the way the surf comes up and over my shoes and then goes down again is in a rhythm, like music or drumming. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As Boobie tried to find the natural rhythm of the year before, Mike edged closer and closer to a dream he had quietly harbored for much of his life. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent the first five minutes just trying to relax and to reacquaint myself with the controls and the rhythm of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Again, again—and it was not the ear that heard the pulsing rhythm, it was the midriff; the wail and clang of those recurring harmonies haunted, not the mind, but the yearning bowels of compassion. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept waiting for his fingers to start their tapping, to find their rhythm, but to his surprise, they didn’t. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A man went before them, pounding out a slow, deep-throated marching rhythm on a drum that was bigger than he was, boom, boom, boom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One of each is a mismatch—one I can’t get the rhythm for. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z His entire being moved with the intricate rhythms he pounded with his hands. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z To be honest, I did want to try out the Anansesem powers again, just so I could get into the rhythm of telling stories to groups of people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Cora thought she had made a fine adjustment to the more delicate rhythms of domestic work. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He keeps eye contact and his rhythm at the same time, and Alex was wrong before, Henry’s going to be the one to kill him, not the other way around. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They lost their sense of reality, the notion of time, the rhythm of daily habits. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z That’s when I began to notice Mother moving around the house, her hand resting lightly on various objects as she muttered to herself, her fingers flexing in a steady rhythm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There are nights when she has been woken by her husband’s muffled screams, times they have ridden the subway together and the rhythm of the wheels on the tracks makes him suddenly pensive, aloof. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Bom and raised in a family that was culturally varied, 1 innately gravitated to the rhythms of the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The pauses in the conversation are not awkward, though they struggle to find the same rhythm in speaking that was already present in their written exchanges, often switching from one language to another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt the shift when Kaz’s heart took over its own rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Their booth was so close to the kitchen that their napkins leapt and settled to the bursting rhythm of the swinging doors, which did not so much swing as boom. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His A and C was a miracle of rhythm and grace. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The steady rhythm of the clock lulled Hugo to sleep, but he dreamed of fire and woke up with a start. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z One such technique is his use of fragments of melody, or rhythm, or harmony, as calling cards of a character, a place, an idea, an object or a memory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Angel had forgotten their presence, and was moving, eyes closed, to the sweet rhythm of the song. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost nothing remained of the original Gray Horse settlement but some rotted beams and bricks buried in the wild grasses, which the wind ruffled in ghostly rhythms. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then, in unison, and on a slow, heavy rhythm, “We— w-ant—the whip,” shouted a group at the end of the line. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z My head throbbed to the rhythm of the shovels biting into the earth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The leader’s head bobbed up and down in rhythm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The meter of a piece of music is the arrangement of its rhythms in a repetitive pattern of strong and weak beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She filled her lungs, filled her lungs, and in her concentration, almost didn’t notice that Old Chao had begun moving according to the rhythm she’d set. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a seductive sway to this type of syncopation that complemented the sexy, body-to-body, hip-orientated nature of Cuban dance; being ‘forward’ fits neatly with both the physical and musical nature of Cuban rhythm. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I buried my face into the baby’s neck, felt his pulse beat its hot and fragile rhythm. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They would raise children, who would live with the rhythm of the beasts and the land. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My shine rag popped with the rhythm of those great bands rocking the ballroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivette leaned back on the bed, her body moving in rhythm with the song’s mix of bongo drums and the distinct hollow sound of the claved. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t move my eyes from it for the last lane, shifting my hands in front of one another in a tight rhythm. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There were sounds coming from behind the Castle Rock Listening carefully, detaching his mind from the swing of the sea, Ralph could make out a familiar rhythm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His mother’s breathing—in and out, in and out—was a soothing rhythm, and it helped to distract him from the mounting dread inside of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Back in junior high, she learned that the long-distance run, tiring herself out, soothing herself with the rhythm of pace, helped the anxiety. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Another hand up, forcing her limbs to cooperate, seeking a rhythm, but finding only an awkward syncopation that left her muscles trembling with every upward gain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ellie really seemed to understand what it meant to set the rhythm. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Then try the same process with the Four against Three rhythm. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His fingers tapped out a rhythm, trying to find a new count, but it was futile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then she heard it, a soft patter, a gentle drum that had no real rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And when she spoke, the rhythm of her voice was not her own, but recognizably Minya’s. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The rhythm tingled as I pulled small toddler-like shadows from the corners of the mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I think my heart is beating to its rhythm. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z At the same time the other people around the table were dancing along as well, moving their faces and shoulders and hands and bodies to the same rhythm. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem with Bobby was a social one: From a very early age he followed his own rhythms, which were often antithetical to how other children developed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sarai lingered in the half-light of the gallery, listening to the rhythms of Sparrow and Ruby arguing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat, breaking the rhythm, interrupting the flow of the report. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands struck the keys, her head moved to the music’s rhythm, her thin body swayed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Indian classical forms more than make up for an absence of harmony with highly complex and intricate melodies and rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Ophie’s duties at Daffodil Manor took on a rhythm that, while not soothing, was at least predictable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Dimple grinned, her ears pounding with the rhythm of a thousand Bollywood love songs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The slaves of the northern half converged on the alley, haltingly, trying to insinuate themselves into their previous rhythm and put on a show. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Yes” “There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That’s a very strict rhythm or meter, yes?” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart beat out a heavy rhythm and the melody of the maybe pearl shrilled in his ears. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The rhythm sounds normal but my heart feels very hollow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The night would pass with that cool, slow-stepping rhythm that allowed folks to believe for just a few hours that they were still back in the embrace of a warm Caribbean island. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z His fingers were clumsy, unable to find their rhythm, and he faltered in his steps. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Soon they fell into a rhythm, both of them landing on their feet most of the time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The men who were not rowing stamped their feet in time to help the rowers keep a steady rhythm with the oars. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She had a book, but she wasn’t reading; her legs were thrown over the arm of her chair, one bare heel kicking, with obstinate, lethargic rhythm, at the wicker side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She swung for a long time, enjoying the rhythm and the breeze. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The blood in my veins was meant to keep pulse with the rhythm of these streets. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 1.68: Jazz or blues with a "swing" rhythm often assumes that all divisions are triplets. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Instead they sang, their lyrics timed perfectly to the rhythm of the bombs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z All of these musics have long traditions that are very different from the familiar major-minor tonal system, and usually also have a different approach to harmony, rhythm, and performance practice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He couldn’t show them what he, Clayton Byrd on blues harp, really had to say, but he could play with the rhythm and speak their language. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Clutching the ropes, I start to feel the rope’s rhythm. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She was more conscious than ever of the rhythm of the blood in her veins, but she felt oddly disengaged from her breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the drum was a signal for the members of the Mouse Council. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I swung my legs, following the rhythm of the train. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Nick stops playing, but he hums and taps out a rhythm on the body of the guitar. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The tempo and rhythm are not affected by articulations; the staccato notes sound shorter than written only because of the extra space between them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Organizers invited an exhilarating mix of performers: there would be rock and roll, rhythm and blues, folk and country. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I went to church there, and grew up in the richness of Harlem’s colors and smells and the seductive rhythms of its energy. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In mechanical rhythm, they converted to double and returned to single in different order. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A mob is gathering, clapping hands in rhythm, more eyes on you than all the previous days of your life combined. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z By late summer 1938, the Mercury team had settled into a rhythm. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Some shine with a constant brightness; others flicker uncertainly or blink with an unfaltering rhythm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In a constant rhythm so loud it resonates in my skull. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Rondell’s on the other end of the shed, head propped up on his bag, snoring in a mixed-up rhythm that could only come out of a dude as big as Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They expect us to dance, or at least jump, to this horrible rhythm! Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand tapped out the rhythm, and the terrifying flute played in his brain. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Aech and I quickly fell into our old familiar rhythm, and before long it was like we were back in the Basement, trash-talking each other over a game of Quake or Joust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I struggled to recapture the rhythm, to get the feeling of creation in my fingers, but the anger had disrupted everything. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As they stood together, she began to hear the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, and her breathing slowed to match his, until she felt as though they were nearly one being. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the rain came down in slants, hitting the closed windows with a furious rhythm. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I noticed that once you got into a certain rhythm, the stitches flowed down the needle so that you picked up the next one before you knew it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The dancing, chanting boys had worked themselves away till their sound was nothing but a wordless rhythm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He roared, looking about the room, rolling now, caught up in the rhythms of his own oratory, the fever and righteousness of his message. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only was this arrangement bad for the astronaut’s circadian rhythm, but the astronaut who was on duty made enough noise as he went about his work to keep his partner awake. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel realized her fingers were beating a rapid rhythm on the desk. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Beneath him the floor still seemed to list, then switch to the rhythm of a steady march, and once again Turner found himself too afflicted by impressions, too fevered, too exhausted to sleep. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He stopped himself, fingers tapping against his side in a rhythm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When I fell, the clatter startled the air so badly T. Ray’s snore changed rhythm. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The steady wiping and polishing with the “clean, dry cloth” fell into a rhythm that began to calm her inner frenzy. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Most of the time they got into such a good rhythm that her mother started tapping her feet and doing little dance steps as they worked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, I get used to the rhythm of the waves and feel brave enough to splash some water on my neck. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Twice a pair of boys on the starboard side failed to make clean releases from the water, and each time it happened it broke their rhythm and slowed them down. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He watched his fingers find that easy rhythm, a beat that felt steady. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She began to murmur the two words, giving them a sort of rhythm that helped her move upward and forward. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Low-pitched instruments such as drums impact the body with vibration and rhythm that influence body rhythms and movement, whereas higher-pitched frequencies such as flute and voice demand more attention and focus. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Ending with quarter notes, half notes, or even quarter notes and a rest gives a sense of finality to the rhythm. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His own heartbeat is probably falling out of rhythm too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Emma guided me onto the rug and cleared her throat, and the steady rhythm of Miss Peregrine’s needles came to a halt. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The rhythm of his breaths slows, and I prop myself up to see if he is asleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I want you to close your eyes again. This time, take slow, even breaths. Count each one as a beat, like a rhythm.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The placement of the sounds in time is the rhythm of a piece of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One of my purposes was to listen, to hear speech, accent, speech rhythms, overtones and emphasis. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoped the Beats’ words were all rhythm. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He would close his eyes and with a blissful smile begin to move to his own sense of rhythm. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia hopes that the sea, with its sustaining rhythms and breezes from distant lands, will ease her son’s heart as it once did hers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked to find my rhythm on my own. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A cluster of birds flew up from the nearby trees, hitting the sky at the same moment I began beating out a faster, more insistent rhythm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Every man has his own rhythm, which remains the same. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For the Two against Three rhythm, divide the class into two groups and assign the Two-beat rhythm line to one half and the Three-beat rhythm line to the other half. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Kingshaw was obscurely comforted by the long, thin, man's arms around his body, and the bumping rhythm of his walk. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The tea break was one of the ways the brutal sugar-slave world of the plantations and the new work rhythm of the industrial factory were linked. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I lost myself in the echoing rhythm of it, working up a manly lather of sweat in the process. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Probably a thousand goblins, courtiers and diplomats and civil servants, were spread out around the courtyard, and all of them were dancing in strict rhythm in a great spiral. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She loved to watch Besa stare into space, smiling as he drummed, lost in the rhythms he created. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the drum, and me and Rondell started hitting each side of it with the rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z That moment will begin when I walk across that stage today, diploma in hand, ready to start my new life at Crest Lake surrounded by meadows of sunflowers and rhythms of peace. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The workers bent and slashed, bent and slashed in a hypnotic rhythm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Your inspiration for a music or integrated lesson plan can be a song, an instrument, timbre, vocal sound, poem, story, rhythm, speech pattern, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They’d sit together for hours listening to the rhythm of the sea and the poems her mother recited as if in a dream. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not large and overwhelming now, but secret and poisonous, and the pounding of his heart gave it undertone and rhythm. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The sinister blunt head moved in a lazy rhythm, its forked tongue flickering endlessly in and out, the round bead-like jet eyes never leaving his for an instant. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The development approach involved taking small cells of melody or rhythm, or both, and making up a whole discourse from them over a twenty- or thirty-minute period of growth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Iorek Byrnison was pacing swiftly, moving both legs on one side of his body at the same time, and rocking from side to side in a steady powerful rhythm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The preacher’s voice rose and fell with the same rhythms that had first drawn Henry to the altar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A bass guitar’s slow notes intertwined with a saxophone’s glee, creating a jazz-funk, strut-like rhythm, soon joined by trumpets and drums. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They keep a steady rhythm, a kind of road hum, as we roll on our way. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt the dory skim across the swells, cutting through their rhythm, and figured that finally, finally he was setting their course. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z This gave a queer rhythm to his songs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling his arms around her and instinctively adjusting herself to his rhythm, Katie knew that he was the man she wanted. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pol saw the growing frustration on her face, and he took the bow from her and showed her, again, the smooth rhythm of the draw, the arrow in flight, his hand in the air. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And then the dance began again on a different rhythm. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Its head moved jerkily around, and it lifted its wings and then dropped them again in a steady rhythm. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The question/answer technique is slightly more difficult than echoing in that echoing merely imitates what the leader has done, and answering requires the creation of a different rhythm. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z There was a musical regularity to the rhythm. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The pattern was the same; only the rhythm and tonal quality were different. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Their speech was not flavored with the cadences of the South, the slurred rhythms of the region where they had spent their entire lives. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But the parts have basically the same rhythms, so that the effect, when sung together, is of chords being sung. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The rhythm had caught on, and they were now clapping along. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They hear the movement of pitches, the content of rhythms, the movement of meter, and explore the timbre of whatever instrument or voice with which they have access. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In West Africa, rhythm is complex and highly valued, and involves communal/group participation, improvisation, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Robbie caught the rhythm quickly and broke into an odd little jig, his long arms swinging wild circles. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z My heart beat in rhythm with the swaying of shoulders in front of me; out of control. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I felt the rhythm of the sea, the waves growing larger as the tide rolled in, and suddenly I had an idea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After a while the rhythm of the work took over and I could kill without worrying about it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Beneath him that morning was Seabiscuit, and Pollard could feel from the tension in the reins and the rhythm under him that Smith had worked his magic. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For a little while they talked and joked but gradually fell silent, working the rhythm of scavenge, building piles of copper for whoever was rich enough to afford it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My heart races to the rhythm of the rickshaw's movement. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We climb a flight of stairs and travel at the same rhythm down four corridors. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Portia knocked her head on the table and the blows had a rhythm like the slow beat of a drum and his heart took up this rhythm also. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Musicians say the rhythm syllables and then clap on the X, 2 and 3. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Soon everyone was pounding out the rhythm in unison, feet against the floor, mugs on tabletops. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The ventilator that’s doing my breathing has a soothing rhythm like a metronome, in, out, in, out. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We repeat the process, find a rhythm, and I start to feel my heart beating, my muscles loosening. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A good way to internalize the rhythm is to by first learning the rhyme, then adding the body percussion. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He danced with his toes pointed in and rocked from heel to toe with beautiful rhythm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We have found our rhythm and we are riding it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Almost certainly at some point they found themselves in the same place at the same time, in their hurried efforts to push their respective institutions to keep up with the rhythm of the war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The wind stopped as suddenly as it had begun, and although the waves continued out of rhythm they were not wind-tattered, and the tide rose higher and higher. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Jordie stayed late into the night singing songs while Margit played the piano, their big silver dog thumping its tail in hapless rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her heart was in her throat, pounding a frantic rhythm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I jog in place, lifting my knees in a fierce rhythm that raises my breath and sets my heart pounding, but doesn’t quite drum out my rising thoughts. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He began with sight-reading and mastering basic rhythms and pitches that gradually increased step by step to become more complex, sometimes by adding only one new note or rhythmic value at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded of something--an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I had heard somewhere a long time ago. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z That is how it seems, which is how we know that our rhythm seems slow to you. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Perhaps, had Pollard been on him, he would have felt the slight catch in the rhythm, like a playing card clicking against the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember she jangled her keys up and down in rhythm while I drew the line of customers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m grinning from ear to ear now, because I didn’t realize just how much I love dancing to drumbeat rhythms that pull at my core. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I remember the many nights of being lulled to sleep by the hypnotizing rhythms of hip-hop and salsa hovering over Grafton Hill. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He tries to pick up the rhythm but he’s shaking too badly. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In perfect rhythm, their jackboots rang out against the cobblestones. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They laughed, and I could tell that they were giving him some rhythm, but Needles was so caught up in dancing, he wasn't even paying the girls no attention. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Without another word, they returned to the work of the grave, falling into a determined rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A responsiveness entered her body, a flex of abdomen in rhythm with mine, her head thrown back to offer up her throat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z T may repeat each line a few times until students get the rhythm. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Examining rhythm and melody processing in young children using fMRI. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He knew he should run home, and he listened to his footsteps hitting the sidewalk pavement, loud thumping, one after the other, in rhythm with his breathing, like he was inside of a wind tunnel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It happens sometimes in families: one child who doesn’t fit, whose rhythm is off, whose meter is set to the wrong tune. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z More important to me was the fact that within a matter of hours we'd returned to the easy rhythm of our newlywed life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His pick rose and fell, the rhythm unbroken. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He taps his foot to a rhythm in his knee. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You had good rhythm; you got people moving. Ah, I hope you don’t mind me asking this but...why are you here? You seem pretty, you know, good.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In her panic, she speeded up her rhythm so that she’d have to concentrate on her work and not have room to think. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He grunted and pulled himself up in what he told himself was “lizard rhythm.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I spent a weekend visiting Craig at Princeton, where he seemed to have slipped into a productive rhythm of playing basketball, taking classes, and hanging out at a campus center designed for minority students. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Before, it had been an occasional crackle of gunfire, the steady rhythms of .50-caliber machine guns with the .60 s answering in short riffs. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I listen to his heartbeat and, after a while, find a way to let the rhythm calm me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Against the rhythm of his voice, harsh cries rose from the edge of the crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I close my eyes, swaying to the rhythm of that sad music. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The side-to-side, side-to-side rhythm of the windshield wipers fills the silence. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I noticed the way his hind quarters shifted over to the right, never in line with the front, yet always in perfect rhythm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As the train grated over the tracks its rhythm seemed to be, college-college-college. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother could find no flaw in the beat; it matched her own, the real rhythm. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The first we really know about rhythm is that Perotin found a way of notating it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But after a few breaths, I noticed a rhythm. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z At dusk the drums of calamity began; their grave, throbbing rhythm came clearly through the night, throughout the night, each beat, each tattoo, echoing the mighty impotence of our human endeavour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a lighter melody but the same flowing rhythm and turned out to be quite easy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She lay back on the planks, feeling the platform move in a very slight, very slow rhythm as the great tree swayed in the sea breeze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He dug and loaded, his excitement kept in check by the rhythm of the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They trade normal diurnal rhythms for the perk of having very little inmate contact—at night, all the inmates are locked in their cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall into rhythm, watching Leo’s back and pack dodging through trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The rhythm was very tricky and it took the cricket a few minutes to catch on to it, but once he had it, he never lost the beat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel a rhythm in the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And the rest of us, hauling in rhythm to his chant, began to find it was easier. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The rhythm stopped, but a strong picture formed in her mind and she let it form so that she could inspect it again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I say it over and over again like a prayer until the rhythm of the words erases my fear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Music in which the chords change rarely has a slow harmonic rhythm; music in which the chords change often has a fast harmonic rhythm. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They all seemed so caught up in a rhythm I didn't feel a part of. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But what was it about the three-layered Cuban son rhythm pattern that was so seductive? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Then the cart began to move, lurching as the bullocks got awkwardly into rhythm, and I was sick. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Harmonic rhythm can be completely separate from other rhythms and tempos. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Their feet fell in with the rhythm of that mysterious heart; they quickened their pace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All this happened without a break in rhythm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The words didn’t matter, only the melody, only the soothing rhythm. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Music beat a steady rhythm from a huge stereo on the back porch; the bonfire crackled a short distance away. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was quite deep, even then, and oddly hypnotic, it went up and down in a rhythm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He seemed to have an innate, deep-seated sense of rhythm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As for the sea, there is no rhythm to the waves anymore; no reason to the ocean’s temperament. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Everything was all right,” said Finny at the end, “phrasing, rhythm, all that. But I’m not sure about your pitch. Half a tone off, I would estimate offhand.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a soothing rhythm the way they were put together with crumbly thin lines of white mortar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was insane that my blood could run as frigid as winter at the same moment my heart started to squeeze out a panicked rhythm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I am almost impressed with the rhythm of it all, in a repulsive sort of way. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Gradually, he began to discern patterns in the data—unanticipated constancies, conserved ratios, numerical rhythms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The flies began a strange, repetitive drone, which rose and dropped with a harsh, military rhythm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I walked bowed, and the baby warmed himself against me, his breathing in rhythm with mine, his heart beating like my heart. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each group was forced into a rhythm, keeping a pace that was difficult for the slowest and weakest of them as they marched. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Darren drove at 127 miles an hour with one finger on the wheel, his head bouncing to the rhythm of some internal song, while Donna twirled in her seat to talk to us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His walk was rhythm and his words were pride. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z After my breath returned to a steadier rhythm, I stepped inside. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On the surface Matt’s life settled into a pleasant rhythm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding Tzipporah’s hand, she moved in the slow, shuffling barefooted rhythm of the line: wait, walk, wait, walk. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This was labor she recognized, she understood the elemental rhythms of planting and harvest, the lessons and imperatives of the shifting seasons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Musical intelligence is the capacity to discern pitch, rhythm, timbre, and tone. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In this low undergrowth their disorganized progress and uneven, differing rhythms of movement delayed them still more than in the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I owe them my life, and regret that I can’t recall a face or voice or even the rhythm of their step as they carried me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His breathing slowly settled into a steady, life-sustaining rhythm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And as she began to roll with one sweeping rhythm, she would start her story. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob’s was inflected with the rhythms of the Hebrew Bible and the beit midrash where the men of his village studied and argued. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then Archer was attacking, his hands a blur, the broken ends of the spear pummeling Gregor’s long arms, his shoulders and legs and head in a broken rhythm of blows and bruises and split skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It did not matter, however; time in the Arctic was the rhythm of life. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he breathed more deeply, feeling the rhythm of the world around him, an endless rhythm where time disappeared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “So...” he said, drawing it out, his heart pumping in a familiar flopping rhythm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Indian classical music, for example, does not contain harmony, but only the three textures of a melody, rhythm, and a drone. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The rich amused themselves by dancing the Charleston and the new rhythms of jazz, the fox-trot, and some Negro cumbias that were marvelously indecent. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stands up and plays, sometimes he has that absent expression which violinists get when they close their eyes, or again he sways the instrument to the rhythm and smiles across to me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, begin with a fun rhythm activity to get students going, and finish with a quiet relaxing or listening activity to calm them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Divide the class into four equal parts, one group chanting and clapping the “melody” rhythm and the other three chanting and clapping the ostinati. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They switched seats, and strangely, the sound of the motor—the turns and rhythm—sounded more confident with Mrs. Baylor behind the wheel. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We sit with our shoulders touching, our breaths falling into the same rhythm, and we don’t say a word. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Even on his bench, caught up in the mighty rhythm of the rowing, one oarsman among sixty in a ship racing over void grey seas, he felt himself exposed, defenseless. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z So you are basically listening for a running, even pulse underlying the rhythms of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Inside the trench, I glued myself to my brothers, and my heart surrendered to the rhythm of our vigilant breaths, all rising and falling in anxious unison. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z These drums beat out just the same rhythms. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s have some dinner!” someone shouted from the dining room, and the theater troupe began pounding on the table in strict rhythm, which is an exceedingly rude thing to do. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Healing was slow, deliberate, a rhythm that required thoughtful study of each small choice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My heart pounded to the rhythm of Trouble’s hooves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z On the walk home from pageant practice, Beatriz grooves to the rhythms of Newark traveling in the air. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And once Wash caught his breath, the rhythm was slow, slow, slow. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Above and under ground, the rabbits fell naturally into a quiet, undisturbed rhythm of feeding, digging and sleeping. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course—he broke the rhythm of the milking long enough to shove his hair out of his face—of course what I really need is a brain transplant. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The patrol force squad continues down the street and, in perfect rhythm, they pivot around the corner. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Its stillness and pressure and rhythm and breathing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “I’m not talking about cotillion dances. I'm talking about real dancing. He doesn't even have rhythm.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But the cacophony organized itself into a throbbing rhythm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I’m not graceful or smooth like I’m supposed to be, and Junior, my chambelán de honor, looks angry when he spins me around and I lose my rhythm. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “But this isn’t even limping. A limp has rhythm. This is more like someone falling down a set of stairs. Uneven stairs. With a midden at the bottom.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was no longer a beautiful rhythm and flow; the longer Koffi stayed in it, the more overwhelmed she felt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Two parts for different performers written on the same staff — If the parts have the same rhythm, they may be written as block chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And the feeling that he had let loose a wild, hard rhythm in him that wouldn’t stop. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s a lot like when we play in real life, a combination of rhythm, chemistry, and skill, but the awkwardness in the room is so thick it’s hard to ignore. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She rolled them again and made up words to fit their rhythm: Peas that go tink, peas that go tot, Peas that will never grow outside my pot. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After five days of talking about my feelings, making terrible art about my feelings, moving my body to the rhythm of my feelings, it's time to go back to school. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Aural transmission also enhances brain function since memorization is essential, along with mental mapping of melodies and rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But with my newly and dearly bought assurance I could give myself up to the rhythms and let them propel me where they willed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I lost myself in the rhythm of the strokes, my arms tracing long ellipses in the air as if pulling something toward me that refused to come. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Choral music in which the parts have mostly the same rhythms at the same time is homophonic. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The cricket was such a natural musician that he not only chirped the tune—in a few minutes he was making up variations and spinning them out without ever losing the rhythm of the waltz. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Children are introduced to key musical elements such as meter, dynamics, rhythms, tempo, duration, melody, form, phrase, and pitch. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She carried water to the field hands, and listened to their rhythmical singing, watched how the movement of their hands, their bodies, was paced to the rhythm of the song. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned back front, but I could still see her, swaying with a rhythm of her own. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I remember the way Halmoni would sing me to sleep, beating the soothing rhythm of a song on the wing of my shoulder blade. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Before teaching it, ask students to listen carefully to something in the song’s phrasing, repetition, rhythm, melody, timbre, lyrics, dynamics, rests, mood or affect, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z With his free hand, Ekon drummed his fingers against his side, finding an old rhythm as he chanted his ancestors’ words in time with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Schulwerk uses the native language, sounds, timbres, rhythms, melodies, and tonal material surrounding the child, particularly in its folk music repertoire. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Called the circadian rhythm, this clock is geared to the place where you have been living recently. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The clatter of the stick provided a nice rhythm for the rhyme running in my head. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Flashes of Cecile chanting words, tapping a rhythm with her pencil, then writing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z So we all just jogged, the sound of eight feet moving in rhythm, slapping down on the track. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The anger piled behind my eyes in a pounding headache, thumping in a rhythm that felt strangely familiar. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Part of what it means to have a powerful or persuasive personality, then, is that you can draw others into your own rhythms and dictate the terms of the interaction. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes exaggerated her steps, flawless and lilting, teasing the rhythm seductively. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The excited rhythm of Alberti’s “Fiesta” overwhelms the pulsing throb of my headache. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want me to keep a rhythm?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Beat Box had a steady climbing rhythm and was moving away from him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “I like the rhythm of it,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z How eloquent he had been that night, how sweet the rhythm of his words as he went to the very edge of emotional outrage but never crossed over into it, never lost control. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, from the next room Úrsula perceived the peaceful rhythm of her sleep, the serenity of her tasks, the order of her meals, and the good health of her digestion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Liquor from the broken bottle began to patter an irregular rhythm onto the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Petra, three houses away, followed the flashing lights on her ceiling, her thoughts falling into rhythm with the pulse of blue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The effort of answering broke the rhythm of his rocking--for a moment he was silent. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z If rhythms are not written as triplets, the tempo marking usually includes an indication to 11swing11, or it may simply be implied by the style and genre of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If I left something out, the rhythm didn’t work. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He moved with a subtle rhythm, languidly, the walk of an athlete although he hated all sports and had nothing but contempt for athletes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The most obvious connections might be between music and logical-mathematical or spatial intelligences since music involves rhythm, counting, and working with time-space relationships. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He imagined there were thirty or more boats out there, all hidden and silent in the dense sea fog, moving to the same tidal rhythm that moved under him, keeping everyone equidistant. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Now that there was rhythm and music, Train Ear began the show. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z ‘It’s about like dancing ... keeping rhythm. You’ll learn right off. Of course you’ll be scared, but just remember this: no matter how scared you are, he’s more so.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The music was blaring, and I swayed back and forth, hoping no one would notice I had no rhythm. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z They pulsed with the rhythm of her breath. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He gripped the lute roughly and dragged his fingers across the strings with no thought for rhythm or tune. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit was accelerating, his rhythm building, his mind narrowed down to his task at the urgent call of his rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Heart muscles and circadian rhythms were interesting things to know about, but they were not the most important things, as far as we astronauts were concerned. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept looking to westward, as often as he could in the heavy rhythm of pulling the oar. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I can hear the train coming; I know its rhythm by heart. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I slipped outside and saw how still Montego Drive looked—quiet as a ghost town, the air hushed and peaceful, the only sound the pulsing rhythm of Mrs. Cantrell's sprinklers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Built-in speakers, too, plus buttons I could push for rhythms like jazz beats and military and drums. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But it had its own rhythm and urgency and life. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z His rhythm was as steady and reliable as clockwork. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My brain scrambled for a hip-wiggling rhythm to force my heartbeat racing into joy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He didn't clap, but he couldn't keep his bald head from nodding along in rhythm with the clap and cheer. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet before he knew it, Clayton’s foot tapped to the hip-hop beat, a simple rhythm with the clap on the first and third beat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It was there in the rhythms of the long nights and the fleeting days. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z On top of this accompanying oompah the rag pianists wove a catchy tune that pulled the rhythm around, a technique called syncopation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the California boat seemed to waver, then grow erratic. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Amari never tired of watching the magical rhythm of movement and color. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Perotin the subject of rhythm in sacred music is a thorny one. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Although it grew out of swing and the pioneering electric guitar figures of Charlie Christian, early rock and roll announced its intention to go light on improvisation and heavy on rhythm guitar. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Andrea grabbed the ax and soon got into a rhythm of chopping, stumping, and tossing firewood. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There was something tragic in the wall of invisible mesh he’d hung to choke the life from them while they traveled to the rhythm of an urging they could not deny. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She discovered a rhythm, pumping her arms, throwing all of herself into movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Instead, exercises and even songs can be written out using just the D, R, and M, etc., with the rhythm notated about it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Vocalists, wind instruments, and bowed strings are usually not part of the rhythm section. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Captain Smith moves slowly at first, giving me a chance to find my rhythm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The words, repeated, had the rhythm of an incantation, and they were the last that passed between the two young men for more than four years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All these people with bongos were gathering in the sand straight down the way from us, and this beat started growing, making this hypnotic rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The low hum and faint beeps of controls keep a steady rhythm. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Cool Papa answered, “When you can bend that note proper, I’ll wave you in. For now, just play rhythm. You’ll be all right.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The rhythm inside the hall got louder and faster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the rain on the windshield of Dad’s truck would almost be soothing if I weren’t so crazed with anticipation. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z To help the creative process, you might give students a short, simple rhythm to work with to create the motif. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z By his mannerisms, by the rhythms of his speech, Volpe was different. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Toads only raced to music, specifically classical music, and winning depended not just on speed but on how much they could keep pace with the rhythm of a song. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Some younger girls had joined them and the line was twisting and turning to the rhythm of the song. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Stepping away to widen the space between Uma and me, I concentrate on the rhythm of the music, the thump of feet, the jangle of silver, and the story the twelve of us are telling. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They held each other for a few minutes, their breaths rising and falling as one, their bodies rocking gently to the rhythm of whatever silent music the night was playing for them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I felt on solid ground again, hearing the rhythm of my feet pounding against each railroad tie. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They’d just studied that unit in English class, so Aru could snap her fingers in rhythm and start shouting about neon fruit supermarkets, but she didn’t think that would be helpful here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Otherwise, the sounds from the quarter would lose order and rhythm and become wails. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We both moved our heads with the rhythm and I shut off my brain. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I pretend to dance like I have no rhythm at all. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Four huge screens hung above the stage, rotating flashing psychedelic images, but about halfway through the song I just closed my eyes and leaned back, pounding the killer rhythms on my gut. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When I was sure of the rhythm, I joined in. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z See Simple Rhythm Activities2 for easy ways to encourage children to explore rhythm. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I am nodding my head and tapping my feet to the rhythm and singing along. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But when he spoke it was in the harsh rhythms of coaches who had once been athletes who had failed in the same arenas they now presided over as adults. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Within six months their physical attraction for each other suddenly waned; they lost a sexual rhythm together, becoming clumsy in bed, self-conscious, and then abruptly withdrawn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hideo is punching a bag in a furious rhythm, each impact shuddering in my view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His face turned away from me, my ear pressed to his chest, listening to his lungs settle into the rhythm of sleep. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z So I started with Dahlia, and I leaned into her and listened to the rhythm of the milk into the pail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z It became the drums as it pounded its own pulsing rhythms into the night. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He felt the air cooling quickly Then the rhythm of the waves changed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They beat it in unison as if beating down grass were a dance, grunting softly in a long, low rhythm that ran back to us from the head of the file. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the fine rhythms and nice observations, nothing much happens after a beginning that has such promise. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "You have a sensitive touch, Lev. Good rhythm." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It didn’t feel right, it lacked a correct rhythm—there was something almost malicious and hostile in all their voices. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I started tapping a rap rhythm on the dumpster. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to call him, but the Fifth Symphony rhythm racked me, and he seemed too serene and too far away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z However, musically, it is quite advanced in that as you gradually silence the letter of the word B-I-N-G-O, the brain compensates for the missing pitch and rhythm using the inner ear. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She dropped her gaze, listening to the easy rhythm of Jabir’s breathing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Just as he'd done when he arrived at the temple, Pong had fallen into the daily rhythm of the Mud House. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It began with a reggae rhythm on guitar, those bouncy, staccato sounds that made me think of being at the beach. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She continues with the radishes, her rhythm unbroken. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I enjoyed the rhythm, but I did not pay much attention to the words like I did with Mexican music. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The first rhythm that they became used to was the slow swing from dawn to quick dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I hear our two pairs of feet, stepping together, like a two-part rhythm. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Joe entered automatically into the low-key rhythm, grunting occasionally, making the briefest of small talk, and taking care not to exert himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart hammers in my chest and I stare as vacantly as possible ahead of me, focusing on the rhythm of my feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When the choir of two-fisted tenors on the record were “proud to bear the title” Colonel Meecham entered the room slapping the swagger stick in a steady, tautological rhythm that seemed ominous, even predatory. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Hume was absolutely vital to the rhythm of the boat, he told his coach. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We stare at the cloud of runners, sneakers hitting the cracked asphalt of the city street with a steady rhythm. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Black music adds soul and rhythm to my world. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By the time the sun started setting over the Manhattan skyline in the distance, Magdalys and Two Step were covered in soot, but they’d gotten the whole process down to a smooth, step-by-step rhythm. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The rhythm of it matches the thumping in my head and I start to see me in the woods with Ben, him and me racing to see who could get the first smoke. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Rock passing games such as “Obwisana” start out very simply, but the rocks can be tapped in more complex polyrhythms after the children master the easier rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z You can help things move along by standing at the end of your boat, feet on opposing gunnels, and swaying in rhythm to the motion imparted by the sea. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course juggling requires a third ball to keep the rhythm smooth. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I rested my hand on Fig’s left side, just behind his front leg, checking for an abnormal heart rhythm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The reason it’s called synco-pa is that it is short for the word syncopation, which means to have a rhythm that is ‘off-beat’ or doesn’t fall right on the beats of a song.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I turn around, heart beating out a staccato rhythm against my ribs—not from fright, but from a wild kind of hope that I ain’t never felt before. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The Hound leapt up into the air with a rhythm and a sense of timing that was incredibly beautiful. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z With each step, she’d fallen into a cadence, a steady drumming rhythm that began in her feet and worked its way up her ribs until her heartbeat attuned to it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Not only did a song’s rhythm and tone affect one’s mood, but it really came down to personal taste. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She could feel the rhythm of Estha’s rocking, and the wetness of rain on his skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There were people jumpy with silly rhythms; broken rhythms; sly, secretive rhythms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His lungs burned as a stench like earth and fire filled them, and a metallic clanging assaulted his eardrums in a steady, repetitive rhythm he could appreciate. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The same gentle, relentless rhythm that surged through the shadows and Mama Carmen surged through her now. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z His fingers, despite their bites, still tried to add a rhythm to his fear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was the assistant to the village master arts man, the one responsible for the creation of all the dances and drum rhythms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all about rhythm and timing at the plate; you know that. A few milliseconds is the difference between a home run and a foul ball.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z A momentary hush; the orchestra leader varies his rhythm obligingly for her and there is a burst of chatter as the erroneous news goes around that she is Gilda Gray's understudy from the "Follies." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "This is rhythm, connection, and timing. Just like we practiced," she reminded us. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Me and Donna have the same rhythm—we both have let go of something heavy and deep. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I finally fall asleep listening to the rhythm of her heartbeat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The song B-I-N-G-O is an excellent example in which to practice internalizing the pitch since the singer has to clap the rhythm and silently think the pitch in their head. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z For example, music for walking or marching is in duple meter and uses steady quarter notes, running music contains eighth notes, skipping music uses dotted rhythms, jumping music contains large interval leaps, and so forth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Violet and I were sitting on a bunk, swinging our legs in rhythm. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She liked the way her hand sank into the dough as she pinched off a small bit, the rhythm of it soothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I must admit that my body moved with surprising agility; I am not without an innate sense of rhythm; my ancestors must have been rather outstanding at jigging on the heath. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She claps her hands in a rhythm and sings: The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Almost all animals are disturbed by the approach of thunder, which oppresses them with its mounting tension and breaks the natural rhythm by which they live. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked all of a sudden and all together like a choir and the top parts of their bodies moved on the rhythm of it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The children on their perches clapped in rhythm. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The wheels hummed and the windshield wipers slicked a merry rhythm. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z It was clear, strong, supple in its rhythms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A little over two weeks into the journey, the rhythms of travel had settled into Kaede’s body. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A deep, throbbing beat joined the cacophony, keeping a steady rhythm. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Birds cried out merrily from the woods and the tops of the trees danced to rhythms all their own. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence was gone now, burst as abruptly as it had begun, and someone started chanting a tune, and others took it up, clapping their hands in rhythm to the melody. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z With his activities strictly limited by winter’s harsh winds and bitter cold, Cole noticed his body falling into new natural rhythms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Movement everywhere: a myriad arms, rising and falling, hands flailing, backs bending and straightening in a relentless rhythm. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked, the ridiculous words drummed themselves into my head over and over again, rising to the rhythm of a buzzing noise: Three blind mice... three blind mice, See how they run! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard work, but I lose myself in the simple rhythm of digging a hole and planting a seed on repeat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The moment passes, and it’s just the four of us, surrounded by the rhythm of the sea, the cool blasts of air, the ancient rocks. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And the trains coming in and out of the station were in a rhythm, like music or drumming. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She saw them spring forward, barking, and continued without losing rhythm. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His right index finger thumped a rhythm on his lower lip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I hardly noticed when one of the horses raised his tail and plopped in rhythm with the clip-clop. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A metallic rhythm grows louder as I walk, exactly like the sound of a train on tracks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He rocks back and forth at a slow rhythm that fits in with the beeps, and opens his eyes about a quarter of the way every minute. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Jake’s mom was stomping her feet on the risers in total “We Will Rock You” rhythm, leading the thunderous crowd. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z One night I am knocking rhythms from the pot, and Julio plucking guitar. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My breathing won’t fall into a comfortable rhythm, my hips have an unfamiliar ache to them, and my arms feel very heavy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “It is a sprung rhythm,” he said, his voice stiff and offended. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Dancing Fan was still dancing, its rubber feet beating out the same syncopated Persian rhythm I’d been listening to all night, but that wasn’t what woke me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Their melodies were bland in comparison to those of the colored musicians she’d heard, on Randall and off, but the townspeople enjoyed the denatured rhythms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I waded through the soft-tugging rhythms of hope and desperation, and as I moved among the people, I couldn’t help wondering, if Father wasn’t there anymore, who would lead them? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I can be free of words now, I can lapse back into wordlessness, I can sink back into the rhythms of transience as if into bed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was reliable and decisive in a position where rhythm mattered most. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When Apu became a restaurateur, he called his restaurant Curry in a Hurry. rhythm. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Rests are as important to the music as are the sounded rhythms because, just like language, rests use silence to help organize the sounds so we can better understand them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Concentrating, I reached for the rhythm of the story thread inside, and I spoke the sentence Nana started every one of her stories with. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His paddle kissed the clean water, his shoulders worked in perfect rhythm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For a few minutes, my feet move to the beat of the drums, my arms sway to the rhythm of the song, and my heart is light and joyful. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart rushes and then settles into the rhythm of her footsteps along the swinging bridge. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The steady rhythm of his arms beat time with his thoughts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I sit on the bed next to her, feeling her arms holding me, rocking us together in primal rhythm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z As a team, we’d been riddled with injuries and struggled to find our rhythm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Our bodies are made up of many rhythms—the heart, respiratory system, our body’s energy, digestive systems etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Now he reduced his progress to the rhythm of his boots—he walked across the land until he came to the sea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I say, rocking in pleasing rhythm to the sound of her voice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, as I watched her, she seemed quite happy, her two brown braids bouncing jauntily in rhythm to her walk. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As cheerful voices and bursts of laughter from my Worlds Party floated in through my window, mixing with the rhythm of “Burn,” I collapsed onto my bedroom floor and started bawling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z After a moment of searching out the story beats and the rhythm, I felt it—the familiar tingling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As one girl raised her pounding club the other girl’s went down into the narrow hole—up and down, a perfect, even rhythm like the pumping of pistons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My teeth pounded out a frozen rhythm in the icy air. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z How could you sleep in such a quiet place with no rhythm and clatter from the street? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Sarah Ruth rocked Edward back and forth, back and forth, and Bryce took out his harmonica and started to play, making his song keep rhythm with the rain. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z "They really do have rhythm, don't they? Get hot, boy! Get hot!" it said with a laugh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And now she was huffing complaints in rhythm to her walk downhill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Friend or not, he thinks I’m crazy, but the brother behind me got into it, snapping his fingers to the rhythm I set. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Robot girl give rhythm chip for disability,” Sosie said, starting to lose it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I’d fallen into a slow, hypnotic rhythm—swing, swing; kick, kick; swing, swing; kick, kick— when my left ice ax slammed into a slab of diorite a few inches beneath the rime. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother says I used to beat out rhythms on my high chair with a spoon. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he played a slow, mournful melody on it, concentrating hard, biting his lip, leaning over the instrument and moving his shoulders with the rhythm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving together in a perfect rhythm, without a word, hour after hour, he fell into a union with her which took the pain from his labor. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Cultures do not develop with identical rhythms or evolve in lockstep. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For long moments I lay in the bed, Otto wrapped around me and me wrapped around my mom, her heart beating its familiar rhythm against my ear. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She was silent, caressing the covered calabash on her lap in a gentle rhythm until they crossed the Niger, and then she lifted the lid and asked Olanna and others close by to look inside. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So Warren takes the prize for overall swag—handsome with a little edge, some rhythm to his walk, bass in his voice, and he laughs at his own jokes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The Orange faltered for a moment, then immediately recovered their rhythm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I guess you’re not leaving?” he says to his hands, then looks up at Fry and Big Foot, somehow without breaking the rhythm of the skipping stone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When Flaca came back she sat right on my lap and we locked into a nice little making-out rhythm, our best so far. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z His father was beating a rhythm that had much more boom and much less tat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Their bodies swayed, their hands clapped, their feet stomped in a glorious frenzy, all to the rhythm of the drums. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He flashed me a quick scowl as he settled back into his rhythm of work. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Because music must be heard over a period of time, rhythm is one of the most basic elements of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Hume’s head rocked back and forth with the rhythm of the boat, as if he were about to nod off. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Taylor clapped in a cheerleader rhythm for attention and began to give the day’s structure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The days had acquired a rhythm, a regularity he found comforting and dependable. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And the rhythm of the family song was the grinding stone where Juana worked the corn for the morning cakes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The natural rhythms inherent in rhyming can become the basis for exploration, improvisation, vocalizations, and instrumental creativity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I read through the page, paying extra attention to the flow and rhythm of the verses. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Percy stumbled, trying to keep time with the left-right marching rhythm. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It dramatizes sound with unique artistic rhythm and design. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z To help me keep rhythm, he stood behind me, pushing down on my right shoulder for every beat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She clapped loudly, never quite on the beat, but to a rhythm that was all her own. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Max nestled in close to Javi, and I couldn't hear what they said, but they took each other's hands and fell right in line, stepping into rhythm with the song. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But all the while her heart beat in rhythm to the poignant sadness of the song the children sang while walking around in a ring with hands joined. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I started out with some simple beats.When my hands and feet started to loosen up, I switched over to this really complicated Latin rhythm I’d been working on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The rhythm gathered beneath my skin, and my palms itched with the need to create, to shape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The revolutionary element he introduced into the sacred music he wrote at Notre-Dame was something he’d clearly learnt from the troubadours, who had in turn picked it up from Spain: rhythm. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The rocker croaked a steady rhythm while Joana stared off into the darkness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He used his fingers to play a simple but hypnotizing rhythm on the drum. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My heart sped up to match the rhythm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had been hoping for a sprightly rhythm, he didn’t get it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The facts: Our heartbeat falls into sync with a song’s rhythm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z There was kind of a rhythm to these nights: the fried noodles, drinks, soup. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There’s a Brazilian samba she stamps to in bare feet, waving her arms until she is flushed ^nd exuberant with the rhythm of the drums. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z During the worst squall, she had counted thirteen containers scattered around the apartment, each with its own rhythm and pitch. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My entire body throbs to the rhythm of my heart. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The oppressive heat and constant rhythm of the wagon wheels finally made Polly sleepy, and she dozed uncomfortably for a couple of hours. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Straight means to play the rhythms as written. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If there is one melodic line accompanied only by rhythm, or drones, or only by chords, there is no counterpoint. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z No one will send messages to friends about the lame kid who had no rhythm. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z For newborns and very young children, speaking a rhyme and wiggling toes connects sound to a pleasurable and intimate act, as well as introducing the idea of rhythm and phrasing to newborns and young children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I struggled in the morning, and then after lunch I locked into the same strange rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I like painting. I like the rhythm of it,” he told me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I had been educated in the rhythms of the mountain, rhythms in which change was never fundamental, only cyclical. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Run while you can," he mumbles, his hands trembling in a steady rhythm. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He started softly but the exhortations of the congregation—“Talk! Talk!” and “Alright! Alright!” and “Take your time, son! Take your time!”—got him going in a sweet and easy rhythm. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could get Joe to set the rhythm, maybe Hume would sense the change and pick it up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But this one was even worse, because it had a rhythm to it, like a poem, or a chant. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She stood at the service line, bounced the volleyball a few times to get her rhythm, then tossed it into the air above her head. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The roads are packed with Dauntless soldiers, all marching at the same rhythm except the officers, who stand every few hundred yards, watching us walk by, or gathering in clusters to discuss something. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The woman did not look up from the dough as she spoke but continued to beat it with a steady, hypnotic rhythm. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My brain took up the chant to the pounding rhythm of my feet: Granddaddy Granddaddy Granddaddy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He rings my buzzer twice in a rhythm, like zing...ZING, so I know it's him and I come down. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The reality was all too social, he knew; other men were pursuing him, but he had comfort in a pretense, and a rhythm at least for his feet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My pulse accelerates to the beat of her unsteady heart rhythm and the slow chugging of her blood moving through her veins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I haven’t heard Max speak much, but something about the words he’s using, and their rhythm, sounds.. .off. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Cool men wearing slanted hats to make them look slick, and tapping rhythms with their brown and white suede shoes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He opened the screen door and knocked, a gentle one-two-three rhythm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Take turns around the circle alternating the rhyme with two new “mothers” in the center battling it out through rhythm, movement, and improvisation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z From commercial music—pop and rock to jazz, from folk songs to national songs, religious and holiday songs, and multicultural music—children hear the rhythms, melodies, and harmonies that make up their musical environment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Herrmann’s orchestra imitates a swing band’s jazzy rhythms and brassy sound. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She was beating a pair of Rufus’s pants, and she kept beating them with no break in her rhythm to indicate that she had heard me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I let the rhythm of it take me back to many a dusty ride in a freight car with Gideon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In their blood-coloured and foetal darkness the dancers continued for a while to circulate, to beat and beat out the indefatigable rhythm. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d drift off into a deep sleep under the hypnotizing spell of rap beats and tropical salsa rhythms. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Perform an energetic rhythm on a drum to engage children to move or prepare for a more rigorous physical transition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Her fingers tapped out a nervous rhythm on the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This does not necessarily mean that the rhythms themselves are repetitive, but they do strongly suggest a repeated pattern of pulses. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Her serenity and the rhythm of the task helped soothe Tree-ear’s raw nerves. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She slid back into the cave and let her pounding heart settle down to its natural rhythm. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The calls of conch shells and hollow cow horns were attempting to catch up to the insistent rhythm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, no!” cried Ear as a heavy rhythm began to vibrate the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I keep my mouth sealed to prevent myself from gasping for air; I force my breathing into a steady rhythm. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The pirates bent over their paddles, rowing in rhythm until they were a safe distance from the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z No matter what is going on, there’s something good about the rhythm of streaming milk, and the warm smell of it, and Dahlia’s mooing, and the sounds of her chewing. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I tap out a rhythm on the wood behind me as I think. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “So let’s get started. Most of you probably have heard this song, but we need to make sure we have the words and rhythms right. This is for a performance.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In Kangik she would live as her ancestors had, in rhythm with the animals and the climate. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What might I be able to add to a lesson to increase its effectiveness for the learner—e.g., movement? rhythm? instruments? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The silence spoke, not with harsh sounds, but softly to the rhythm of our blood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a b^by, I bounced those pearls with my fingertips and heard the rhythm of my grandmother’s thoughts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Their advice disappeared as the rhythm of the story swelled in my ears. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so unlike the Night Zoo, she realized; Lkossa had its own rhythm and flow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was a rhythm to it, and an accompanying punctuation of slaps or blows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Laila marveled at her daughter’s manner of speech, her cadence and rhythm, her thoughtful pauses and intonations, so adult, so at odds with the immature body that housed the voice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z One person starts a poem, then the next guy has to step into the rhythm, pick up the poem where the first guy left off, and keep it going. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve actually been jumping the hurdles okay at our meets and have established a good rhythm. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z After everyone becomes comfortable with the rhythm, create smaller groups of people on each line, and eventually assign the rhythm to just two people. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A small jazz combo with a bass, a piano, and a drum set providing the "rhythm" background for a trumpet improvising a solo. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We’d smile easy smiles as we passed, humming, in the halls, until we all eased back into the harder rhythms of life. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We formulate new ideas by analogy, working from what we know toward what we don’t know, and what the reformers knew were the rhythms of the agricultural seasons. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But then she recognizes—just as he sets his foot on the first stair—that his stride is out of rhythm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. W. told me that my Latin rhythm was sounding a little stiff, and put on a CD for me to listen to. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay curled on one side, listening as Crane-man’s breathing slowed and evened in the rhythm of sleep. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Melodic rhythm refers to any rhythmic patterns in a piece. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As I pass him, I grow very conscious of the frayed rope in my hand leading the cow, and the rhythm of my ponytail swinging back and forth behind me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the steady rhythms of their voices and tools, he knew that the soldiers had not moved from the trenches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His sardonic mind glowed and his speech took on its old singing rhythm. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It dictated my movements, my decisions, the rhythm of every day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The deletions are tempting to a writer because they tighten up a sentence’s rhythm and avoid the ugly sibilance of which. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Her voice seems to materialize out of nowhere, reciting verses with precision and rhythm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The audible result of this slight increase in length of each subdivision is that the rhythm feels more relaxed, smoother and less rigidly precise. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “What’s it look like?” he answered gruffly, never losing his rhythm. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We struggle to stand as the boat rises and falls with a terrible rhythm. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The Church rocked through time—a cradle, an ark—to rhythms of sorrow and joy, marking the passage of man. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t sound distant, antique, exotically quirky, with strange tuning and asymmetrical, jerky rhythms. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I focus on matching my rhythm to his as I reach the top of the stairs, passing another Dauntless leader. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I had a natural feel for the beats in the music—could easily sync my movements to the rhythm—but that wasn’t enough. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Dreams have their rhythms, their deeps and shallows, and he was caroming upward into a state of heightened lucidity. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They’re different sounds, different birds, but there’s a rhythm to them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The drilling started up again and her footsteps fell in rhythm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was surprised to see that she was smiling, and then they were swirling forward and the waves were all around and he could see there was a rhythm to them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She always talked like that, with this discernible rhythm, like she was reciting poetry. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I mimic them as best I can, but the rhythm feels strange to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Different rhythms being played at the same time by the same player — Clarity requires that you write one rhythm with stems up and the other stems down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Their hands move gracefully in unison, their bodies sway and twirl to the rhythm of the music. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad of it, I had almost caught the rhythm of it, the dancing, clicking jangle of it during the summer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We approached the stairs, our feet moving in unison to the rhythm of the marching click-clack sound of the Screaming Eagles. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Grimacing on the ground, he heard Edwin beating the pieces of driftwood in a hypnotic rhythm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z For the first time in her life, Mariam saw how the sighting of the new crescent moon could transform an entire city, alter its rhythm and mood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A hollow, desperate disappointment made his hands feel sweaty and his heart lose the rhythm of its beat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Next to her, Isa breathed in and out in a steady rhythm. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Figure 1.44: Keep stems and beams in or near the staff, but also use stem direction to clarify rhythms and parts when necessary. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He was a sixteen-year-old Toyota Corolla with a paint color called Mystic Teal Mica and an engine that clanked in a steady rhythm like the beating of his immaculate metallic heart. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The slippery grass in the water sways back and forth to the rhythm of our movements, gently brushing against my legs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tapped his fingers on the wooden table, drumming out a rhythm with them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The long night marches turned their minds upside down; all the rhythms were wrong. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was rhythm that could be established with top-button clocks, and Fischer had become a connoisseur of that kind of clock. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When I first agreed to sit with David so Mom could call clients, I tried to draw, but David keeps jogging the swing out of rhythm, wobbling my pencil lines. isa What’ll happen in September? Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In deference to the glad occasion, his foot kept the rhythm of the dance and his usually stem mien was softened. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My skin crawls, and suddenly what was just a smooth hip-hop song now sounds like heavy conga drums—a downbeat rhythm, like for the Petwo Iwas, the fiery spirits signaling danger ahead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She found Miss Trotter’s storytelling rhythm, turned her fingers into stars, and thrust her spear into the water. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Jules stepped away, class fell into its dull rhythm again, and when she returned, she slipped another tampon onto the desk in front of her and nobody said anything. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She adapted herself to the split-second rhythm of the New Yorker going to and from work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our legs match rhythms, like paddles beating in time. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Things in my life began to find a rhythm. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a church rhythm, wrapped up in the blues. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She doesn’t say anything for a while, and I listen to the rhythm of the train while she thinks it over. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Inside the jail, Ben and Sammy could hear the semisweet, candently primitive rhythms of jukebox blues diffusing out of unseen nightclubs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Their steps made a rhythm to the music of forest noises. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Rashid nodded and kept pulsing on her chest in a quick, steady rhythm with an intense look of concentration as he performed CPR. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z What is in fact performed and heard is a more lilting version of this rhythm, the lilt produced by a subtle reapportioning of the beats. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Lola’s attention was drawn to the black and white leather of his brogues, and he was aware of her admiring them and waggled one foot to a rhythm in his head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I’m the only runner on the track, and after the first hundred meters I find a rhythm. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Her arms pumped in rhythm with her stride, her feet almost touching her backside as she sped back home. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Alex hums in suggestive agreement and lets the rhythm of banter fall out. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I hear whoops and shouts and laughter all around me, and dozens of thundering feet moving at different rhythms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Dictated the rhythm with which their bodies answered each other. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She moved under him, her rhythm merging into the sound of the wind shaking the rafters and the sound of the rain in the tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips, and one of her feet tapped an impatient rhythm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Deep inside is the oldest part, the brainstem, which conducts the basic biological functions, including the rhythms of life—heartbeat and respiration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it's the third week of October, the summer beats on with the rhythm of a clothes dryer. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I coaxed my heart back into normal rhythm and followed the group to where they had, indeed, taken down a good-sized buck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But there was an arresting fascination in his voice, like the movement of wind and light on a meadow, and as its rhythm entered into his hearers the whole burrow became silent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the crowd, in the shadows of a doorway, I notice a young indi'gena girl, a maid, pausing in her sweeping, broom in hand, watching the procession, swaying slightly in rhythm to the music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Others fill out a phrase’s rhythm, which can also make the sentence easier for the reader to parse. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Maybe Squelch heard a secret rhythm nobody else heard. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You found your rhythm, didn’t you, that third time around. Just as you came into that straight part there.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z English and I had a rhythm going, and I knew that if we kept it up for the next few months, we’d both be breaking records. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The rhythms of his dialog, even in the translation, sounded perfect to me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The thumping, obdurate stresses of “blood, sweat, toil and tears” were no accident of rhythm. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I decided to try as hard as I possibly could and locked into this unexplainable work rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The Dalcroze approach is based on eurhythmics, which teaches rhythm, structure, and musical expression through music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She began to clap madly in rhythm until the tune came to an abrupt end. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “One sack, eight annas,” he called; then impatiently, altering his rhythm, “Not there! Behind, with the others!” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk five steps forward and five steps back, five steps forward and five steps back, at the same rhythm, hoping it will help me figure something out. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s so easy, just listening, to get lost in the jazz tunes and rhythms that fill my head in Roxbury. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With its rolling, relentless rhythm, it seemed to urge her onward, saying, Go down, go away, go now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They moved in rhythm, like the legs of centipede but without the actual centipede body. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Declarations of principled withdrawal from the hurly-burly of politics to the natural rhythms of one’s fields or farms had become rhetorical rituals. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Polly would snuggle on her mother’s lap and fall asleep listening to the rhythm of her voice as she read. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His blood pumped through him in a strange rhythm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Hollyhock and tansy; madder and bedstraw . . .” But they fell into no comfortable rhythm and did not rhyme. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tucking my face into her hair, I kept going, stroking, holding down my rhythm to the slowest ache I could bear. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Something pushed against the water and the rhythms of the tide. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The old soldier’s head was now bent back against the wall, his chest moving with the deep rhythm of sleep. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the other kid knew the rhythms of the neighborhood, too, and let his guard down only during times he considered safe. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She chanted the words in a shrill rhythm. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He rowed, the faint sound of his oars lost in the rhythm of the waves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’d found a rhythm, and then the running had gotten easier. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They moved about, talking quietly, calm, singsong rhythms. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Our twin hearts beat like congas, the rhythm churning our blood to salsa. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Moor’s slaves—in other words the chorus—had taken up their song a bar too soon and this had nullified the simple rhythm of the magic bells. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And they ambled, these Americans, they walked without rhythm. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My mother’s breathing had now fallen into rhythm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One of his feet began to tap out a rhythm against a stool. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Amari listened to the thunder that their feet made and thought ruefully, The feet of my people bring forth rhythm even when the noise of the white men can produce none. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Long out of practice, the rowers fumbled and cursed as they tried to find a rhythm. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Whereas bebop took from Christian’s playing style the inspiration of his free-flowing solos, rock and roll took the sound of his accompanying - ‘rhythm’ - guitar grooves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At the end of the room, the Oompa-Loompas around the giant camera were already beating their tiny drums and beginning to jog up and down to the rhythm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It would be a dangerous move—unheard of really—more likely than not to confuse everyone with an oar in his hand, to throw the rhythm of the boat into utter chaos. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the woman’s blows didn’t falter, but across the clearing Nin froze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “How can he be colored and not have rhythm?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Even though Poppy said Bedouin music usually happened after sundown, two young men began slapping quick rhythms and singing for them—the same words and notes repeated over and over. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He slogged forward and with the rhythm of the paddling his brain settled into numbness again and soon he was in the same trance that had led him to sleep. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z My head bounced along to her upbeat melody as I found my own rhythm to folding and stuffing envelopes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He was still running; in hindsight he should have stopped at this point, but he was in a rhythm and he continued, with the truck puttering beside him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He adjusted his pace to match the roaches and soon found a comfortable rhythm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Time information, which includes rhythm, tempo and meter, timbre, meaning, and emotion is less understood. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z All around, tall stalks of cane were weaving and dancing to the rattling rhythm of their knife-edged blades. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: A dot that is someplace other than next to the head of the note does not affect the rhythm. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z His palms were pressed full against the mesarthium, and they throbbed with the rhythm of his heartbeats. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Armed with harmony, rhythm, a large palette of chords, and most importandy the ability to write all of these down, its most innovative sounds expanded rapidly throughout Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Across the school grounds and in the woods and in backyards and in every corner of the county, pumpjacks continue their slow rhythm, humping at the earth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d told her once, “You know, Amari, the drums are not just noise—they are language; they are the pattern of the rhythm of our lives.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re tossing the ball back and forth in a hard fast rhythm that feels great. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The interminable length of train cars carries a miserably bowed drone across the rhythm of the tracks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I’m standing off to the side, clapping to the rhythm, when a bony hand pinches me above the elbow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As the rhythm echoed down the shore and out across the water, Cole began moving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She got a rhythm to her work and it seemed to come easier. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Tapped it in the same rhythm she would have banged her fists at her sides. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mami raked her fingers through my hair with a sad smile then walked away, the hem of her dress swinging in rhythm to her rounded hips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The music had a frantic, tribal rhythm; a chorus of falsettos sang insinuatingly about loving all night long. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave one to Sister McCandless, who nodded and smiled, not breaking her rhythm, and he put the rest on a chair near Sister Price. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Soon, where that steady rhythm was, there will be nothing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The blades whine, and the engines chug in a rhythm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I mean, I was really moving, and everything was on rhythm, which is usually pretty tough for me unless I got on boxing gloves, and even then it ain't so easy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Sula watched him—or rather the rhythm in his throat —with growing interest When he had had enough, he poured the rest into the sink, rinsed the bottle out and presented it to her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Think of improvisation as “quickly assembling” shorter rhythm or pitch patterns that you’ve already mastered. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Following the music, getting filled by the rhythm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern skipped some and walked some and kept saying the words to the Timex commercial but in her own rhythm: “It takes a licking and it keeps on ticking.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Black audiences feel warmer, there is almost a musical rhythm, for me, even in their silent response. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Many nights, the rhythm of the poetry had rocked him to sleep. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a private and unobtrusive moment, one that failed to dent the rhythm of the office. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z ‘John Brown’s Body’ is a march, and as such you would expect its rhythm to be regimented and precise, with drummers keeping everything in strict order. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I love the way that the bells on my ankles and wrists keep time to the mathematical rhythm of the tabla drum. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They had their arms out in front of them, bouncing to the rhythm. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Subsequent research has revealed that it isn’t just gesture that is harmonized, but also conversational rhythm. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every thought I have condenses into that heartbeat, moving at the same rhythm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The bullocks have found their own rhythm now, moving so that their hoofs strike the earth together and the yoke is borne steadily on their shoulders: we are travelling fast. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z We settle into a rhythm, our shoes slapping on the pavement, our breaths pulsing almost in unison. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It made his heart beat a different rhythm. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Palmer’s shoulder muscles flexed to the rhythm of its wings, urging it on. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z To prepare for the improvisation part of this rhyme, use rhythm cards for several weeks prior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z My group swayed and clapped to the rhythm of the song. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z One of them had drumsticks in his hands and was leaned over softly tapping out a rhythm on the wooden stage floor. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The intense rhythm of drums and the discordant clang of cymbals could be heard from his seat, and he wondered if she was going to go deaf. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z To one side of her in the distance, standing out against the flat landscape, Minli saw the silhouette of a man cutting down a lone tree, his axe making a thumping rhythm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Ophie’s heart picked up an erratic rhythm, and her palms began to sweat. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His eyes burned with sincerity for a protracted moment — playing havoc with the rhythm of my heart — and then turned playful. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And as he tilted he talked until a rhythm was established. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After what feels like forever, the rhythm of the banging changes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We fall into a quiet rhythm of unpacking and settling in. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The deejay is set up right in front of our stoop, and our whole building seems to dance to the rhythm of the music. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I knocked a rhythm on the vicarage knocker and finished with the doorbell. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z With as much strength as she could manage, she began pressing down on it in a steady counting rhythm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He gave me a thumbs-up, and I began to move slowly until the rhythm took over. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Naheed looked up at the clock over the doorway, the second hand snapping in rhythm. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z More of the black things were scuttling out of the dark, their feet beating a quick staccato rhythm against roots and rocks and leaves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After a time the rhythm began to feel almost natural. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He let his fingers find a new rhythm at his side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And his fist starts punching his palm with a slow rhythm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The uptown rhythms were slower and yet were somehow faster; a different tension was in the hot night air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now,” he said, the rhythm broken, the major portion of his address over, “I’d like to ask a few general questions. Did anyone in this squadron attend an Ivy League school?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He bounces it in a repetitive rhythm, a quick swooping arc as he pitches the ball into the air. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My feet and my behind still vibrate from the engine’s constant rhythm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The drilling started up again and her footsteps fell in rhythm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She finally had a rhythm going, enjoying the sun on her back, when Jojo looked up from slapping whitewash on the front fence. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The night was warm and the sea calm, and for a few minutes I lost myself in the pleasant rhythm of oars slapping water. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z This time when Rachel launched her attack, I tried to remember her rhythm and speed from the previous points. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They banged out the rhythm on the tables, getting louder and rowdier until Raul stilled them by raising his hands. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The psyche can be bombarded only so much by these rhythms before it begins to crumble and atrophy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It might be made up of rhythm only, or of a melody line with chordal accompaniment, or many interweaving melodies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Slowly, my pounding heartbeat returned to a calmer rhythm and the nausea receded. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly a high-pitched “Stop!” disturbed my zealous rhythm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In the background, Papi sawed and hammered in a rhythm much more musical than what I conjured from the piano. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She liked this solitary work, her lingers catching and releasing, pulling and knotting in old rhythms, especially after having to mentor the Hunters. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Soul-shaking rhythms that take me away from it all, and I play the role of the girl Mrs. Walton believes me to be. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z All around Beto, sweating pink faces nodded to the rhythm of murmured and hollered amens. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He walked with too much rhythm in his step, which suggested to her a certain fickleness of character. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Here was the rhythm that had eluded her before, buried in the whispered cadence of their names. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I hadn't thought of it as a march before, but now they were marching to its slow-paced rhythm, up the hill. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The peanut bag was easy, once he got the rhythm he could stand under it all day, making it sound like a machine gun. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They were beating in time together, a perfect rhythm. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z By the nineteenth century, though, a dotted rhythm was only played if the composer had specified it with a dot in the notation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I positioned an article on the tray in front of me and began typing, falling into a steady rhythm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One of Robbie’s hands landed on her hip as he found his way back to the rhythm and fell into step, his body pressed up against hers. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But when sung, the very precise-looking rhythm notated above is not what is heard. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I find a good rhythm and put the police and corpses and destroyed gym behind us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Later that night, after I turn off the TV, I notice music— loud cumbia rhythms—coming from outside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a chaotic, almost unmusical sound, without rhythm or form or progression, like the noise of nature. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The spirits all pulsed in time with the same glowing rhythm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z After I turn it in, it occurs to me that the rhyme and the rhythm of my poem really, really suck. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Before long, Olaf’s friends were pounding on the table in strict rhythm again, and the orphans went out to the dining room to clear the table, and then again to serve the chocolate pudding. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z His shock of yellow sunburnt hair bobbed up and down as he skipped and jumped to the rhythm of the “dog boy” song. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They started moving, stumbled slightly, and then caught their rhythm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z To be sure, the process was slow, but so is the rhythm of our lives. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Each moving in its unique way, but keeping the same harmonious rhythm, a symphony of carefully ordered ticking. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It came from the substance of the Mountain itself, which glowed and faded in a slow breathlike rhythm, with a mother-of-pearl radiance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the northern European tradition of work, play, and food right through the day, made it impossible for them to adjust themselves wholly to this new rhythm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Eventually the dance elements of the Chaconne were abandoned altogether and the chord sequence alone remained in music of all styles and rhythms. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Gone were the small-town rhythms and the day of the waterman, replaced by connections to the larger world and the vitality of middle-class dreams. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She breathed harder and he breathed with the same rhythm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A spectator at so many funerals, I grew ac-quainted with the rhythms of grief. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Pooh pounds out a rhythm on the hood of the car. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The music, the rhythm, the vibration of light in my joints and marrow somehow continue, even here in Auschwitz. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We walked into the night, into the blurring song of katydids, the thud-splat of raindrops on the umbrella, all those terrible rhythms that take up inside when you let your guard down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The voices coming from the dark bedroom made a soothing rhythm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When the rhythms are complex, this is necessary to make the rhythm in each part clear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He kept them hard with exercises, beating out the rhythm with a stick on his wooden leg. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The pain became a drumbeat; a rhythm I could write a song to. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Soon, it was the action itself that absorbed her, and the newspaper report which she revised to the rhythm of her swipes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The class settled into the rhythm of the morning, and scratches of pencils in notebooks replaced the metallic scrapes of chairs and coat zippers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z They ran like this for fifteen minutes or so, at which point the boys began to clap in rhythm with their strides. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z So the speech must have rhythm, but not meter; otherwise it will be a poem. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I think of climbing the stairs with the Abnegation, our feet finding the same rhythm, all of us the same. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The organ stopped and the screen flashed with the rhythm of moving shadows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There he lay spent and shivering, his body bruised, his cold skull throbbing in rhythm with his heartbeat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Another song with an opportunity for children to insert a rhythm is “I’m a Nut.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Ron spent evening after evening using his wand to beat out various rhythms on top of the wireless while the dials whirled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Each of the children had heard it first in the arms of their father; its rhythms had come to them through their mother’s milk. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew she looked just like her parents—lanky, washed-out, lipless—and that when she spoke to them they answered her in the same even, lowing rhythm of ennui and supremacy she lorded over us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, they do so purely for their own instruction, transcribing their models accurately yet with their own inimitable rhythm. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Trace moved his head to the rhythm and his wife snapped her fingers in time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the rhythm became instinctive, she didn’t have to count and it wasn’t necessary to concentrate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I thought I had found a rhythm to my walk, I hit my head again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "He's the best of them. But watch him, he falls into a rhythm, delivering the same strokes in the same order each time he attacks." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She moved her hands as if the rhythm might help her to remember all of it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Shannon starts sashaying down the hall in rhythm to my music. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The rest of his body rocked almost imperceptibly inside his white shirt, marking time, keeping his rhythm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s helping him focus and stay in rhythm,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It inhaled and exhaled the foul air of where they lay chained, and it rolled with the rhythm of the water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I read the letter again, and then once more, the familiar rhythms of friendship sparking out from the page. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His rhythm varied erratically and it was hard to tell if he struck a wrong note. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Do you feel it, too? The rhythm, the wind—it’s all wrong. That hole in the sky is turning this world inside out.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They danced to the rhythm of the minstrels’ music, swaying back and forth, twinkling and beckoning. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z When he developed ventricular fibrillation, a heart rhythm abnormality that can be fatal within minutes, the problem was quickly fixed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But eventually my fingers started to cramp up and I began to lose my rhythm. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He tapped his fingers against his side in a steady rhythm as he added to that count. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Tides would rise and turn, in their own rhythm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We dance slow to fast songs and fast to slow songs, creating our own rhythm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Many words convey subtle shades of meaning, provide glimpses into the history of the language, conform to elegant principles of assembly, or enliven prose with distinctive imagery, sound, and rhythm. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He stared at his fingers, still drumming a rhythm against his leg. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath and moved on, her feet walking in rhythm with the clock. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The habanera and its contredanse antecedents had a highly distinctive accompanying rhythm of four beats, which in musical notation - as in the opening of the Bizet song - looks like this. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was like standing on the skin of a drum whilst some great hands beat it without rhythm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We shook our fists in rhythm to the words. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Sarai knew the scents of humans, and the rhythms of their breathing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Power chords of love dropped me to my knees, spiraled into rhythm and melody, exploded in a fearless white crescendo. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was something reassuring about the rhythm of the grunts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A rhythm that, if I tried to capture it, would disappear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It wasn't until the third sparring round that Alfred timed the rhythm of Jose's attack, and dropped his left arm, catching the right on his elbow. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His footsteps quickened in the still summer evening to the rhythm of his exultant thoughts. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was still rowing, still holding a steady rhythm, but Moch wasn’t sure Hume was fully aware of what he was doing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From the day of his arrival, the rooster changed the rhythm of our mornings. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z When a Graham Avenue trolley came along, he swung up on to the platform suiting his rhythm to the car’s slowing down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But this woman, this Amagqirha, she never stopped moving to her own rhythm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z What kind of emotion do you hear in the melody, rhythm and phrasing? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Matthias is afraid for me, but his heart thumps a steady rhythm no matter what he’s feeling. So Fjerdan, so orderly.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Me and Mr. Simms walk in the same rhythm: left, right, left, right. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He ran over the thick snowy mantle on the rocky ground faster than he’d ever done, and the armor plates shifted under her in a regular swinging rhythm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The windshield wipers glide across the glass in an easy rhythm. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z You can’t sit in a desk chair and tap your pen against the table in that tap tap tappity tap rhythm you used to do that I hated. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Figure 1.47: When multiple simultaneous rhythms are written on the same staff, rests may be used to clarify individual rhythms, even if another rhythm contains notes at that point. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Lydia switched to a Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds/Gun Club mix and tapped the steering wheel to the rhythm, still radiating good cheer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z To let you know that the first note is three semiquavers long instead of two it has a dot added to it, which is why this is called a ‘dotted’ rhythm. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I feel the rhythm in my walking, a regular pattern like subway station tile, like a pulse between my ears. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It’s like music, somehow, all those pitches, all that rhythm, weaving in and out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He remembered hearing the blood beating hard in his ears, like the rhythm of a clock. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Part of that was because of my religion and part of that was just my unfortunate lack of rhythm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Even the name had an austere Anglican cadence, to my ear at least, which yearned hopelessly for England and was dead to the sweet dark rhythms of the little mission towns. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “That was a good dance. Now you keep the rhythm.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z But I insisted, and so the thumping twangy bass noise resumed, and over it, a light baritone chanting in Caribbean patois to the rhythms of a nursery rhyme, or a playground skipping-rope jingle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The rhythm of the horse’s paces lulled Ash into sleepiness, and she lay her head upon his back, closing her eyes for what she thought was only a moment. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her Arabic teacher on the kindergarten floor hit a short stick on the back of a chair for rhythm, teaching the little ones another useless sentence. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The sights, the smells, the rhythm of the folks, the feeling in the air. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The rhythm of Charlotte's heart beats alongside mine. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The swirl of syncopated rhythms sticks with me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Prolix, quartz, quandary, sylpb, rhythm, all the old tricks with consonants I could dream up or remember. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she must have danced for him on the good nights, because he couldn’t dance, but before I fell asleep I often heard feet shuffling to dance rhythms. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a soothing rhythm to pushing the wheelchair, and now, in the lull it offers me, the monster’s face reenters my mind. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A song I know comes on and my body obeys the familiar rhythm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Rhythm Section — The rhythm section of a band is the group of instruments that usually provide the background rhythm and chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z That’s why, with this fact that we’re extremely unlike one another, it’s weird that we get into a groove, a rhythm, practicing for the competition. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The sheen of her skin, the rhythm of her gait, and the cadence of her voice all became more pronounced. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brenner kept knocking, and I slammed my palm against the door to drown her out, matching her rhythm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Felicia’s hair springs from her head like electric wires, and she swings her arms in great arcs, as if her chaos had a rhythm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had heard the low rhythm of the bells on the buoys that balanced on the ridges of the sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She held him like that, willing him to leach warmth from her, willing his body to learn from the rhythm of her heartbeat, the steadiness of her breath. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z These are among the most ear-catching elements, along with rhythm and melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Shaking all over, every vein throbbing in rhythm with my steps. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z These musically inclined learners think in sounds, rhythms and patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was exhilarating to sit beside him, with the car windows down and the air filled with dust and Rex Lawson’s dreamy rhythms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the poor light the space above her head was pulsing to the rhythm of his own heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was tapping his foot on the verandah floor in an energetic rhythm. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A dreamy rhythm can mean love or joy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Villagers began to get up and move to the rhythms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice echoes in there, along with his heartbeat and the rhythm of air in his lungs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Max and I are on the sidewalk, sneakers hitting the concrete with a steady rhythm. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He started tapping a rhythm on the desk and I started nodding along before I could stop myself. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Try saying the rhythm syllables and clapping on the 1st, 5th, and 13th beats, and waving on the 9th beat of the cycle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They make me feel like my rhythms are a secret, like they live between my ears only. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We kept at it for ten minutes, staggering the rhythm—noise, silence, noise—gradually building the tension. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked the rhythm right away, and I knew that it was the song that Fred had danced to in his bug-eyed glasses. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland did not listen to the words but her voice had rhythm—a start, a middle, and an end. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sounds better if I hit the seat with my hand, keeping the rhythm. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and focused on the words and the rhythm. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Without question, the ability to write down rhythms fired the imaginations of composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z |
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