How to Use cadence in a Sentence

cadence

noun

• Oars moved back and forth in smooth cadence.
• He speaks with a soft Southern cadence.
• After the game, Saleh said they could be linked to the tricky cadence Rodgers uses.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
• The verse continues with more partying as two people stumble down the hallway to a rolling cadence.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2024
• His cadence is lyrical at times, repeating phrases and words like a composer’s rhythmic refrain.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• By shifting the runners to a higher cadence, which reduces those braking-and-reaccelerating costs.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2022
• The singer leans into a rap-like cadence, exemplifying her versatility from the jump.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2022
• And yet those older, unfamiliar tales felt nearer to me, their lulling cadence recalling the rhymed folk tales that thrive in Egypt’s villages to this day.
  — Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
• Users are prompted to adjust the bike’s resistance knob in order to navigate to the correct lane and hit fast-changing cadence and resistance goals.
  — Lauren Goode, Wired, 17 Feb. 2022
• His cadence was known for drawing opponents offsides during his long run with the Packers, but his current group of protectors appear rather jumpy.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
• Friends are often easier to make in person—and the cadence and frequency of working together tends to build strong relationships.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Her characters whisper, shout, elongate a vowel or express rhythmic cadence, allowing language to escape the familiar.
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• Continuing to ensure that the start-up sustains a strong cadence and consistently wins at predictable intervals is critical as a lack of momentum can quickly cripple a start-up.
  — William Mullane, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
• But as Kruger, now a possible nominee for a Supreme Court seat herself, parried difficult questions, her voice never rose, her cadence never broke.
  — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
• But at the end of March, the cadence moved to twice a week.
  — Kerry Flynn, CNN, 10 July 2020
• The bass lines changed, the pockets changed, the cadence, the writing.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
• The video speed seems to max out around 75 points of cadence.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021
• But her cadence slows as the weight of that day comes back.
  — Rebecca Nelson, Cosmopolitan, 25 Oct. 2017
• For decades, that cadence has been more or less the same.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2018
• The cadence in the huddle, say, or the body language on the sideline.
  — Shawn Windsor, USA TODAY, 31 July 2022
• Now feels like a good time to make a quick note about cadence.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 2 Apr. 2019
• Firefly aims to reach a cadence of one launch a month by the year 2024.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
• If the bird is singing, try to remember the length and cadence of its song.
  — Matt Goulet, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
• On the page, Adichie’s words retain the rousing cadence of a speech.
  — Nicole Lamy, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
• Byford lays out the case with the practiced cadence of a stump speech.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
• The players’ eyes are locked in as the coaches speak in rapid-fire cadences.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
• The pulse of city life would be tempered with the serene cadence of the countryside.
  — Paul Jebara, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
• The app tracks heart rate, speed, cadence, and distance data on the screen.
  — Diana Kelly Levey, Health, 20 Feb. 2023
• All the kick snares and everything changed — the bass lines changed, the pockets changed, the cadence, the writing.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
• Or when somebody prayed, just the cadences, their rhythms.
  — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024