How to Use percussive in a Sentence

percussive

adjective

• The song had a punchy, percussive rhythm.
• The percussive loop is, notably, the heart of the song.
  — Shannon J. Effinger, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2024
• Gabriel played the clarinet to the rhythm of the percussive parade.
  — Melinda Morris, NOLA.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• The lively rhythms of the street follow the percussive beat of cumbia, the thump of reggaeton, the call to prayer.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• His eyes lit up while his tail rapped out a percussive rhythm.
  — Michael Pomerantz, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
• There are churning, airy blasts that have a kind of percussive force.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• The sound of it allows space for the percussive quality of tap.
  — Sasha Weiss, New York Times, 10 May 2018
• Smith can play with a percussive thrust or a gentle airy feel.
  — Courant Staff, courant.com, 9 July 2018
• The pianist had a breezy feel in his right hand countered by percussive, modal chords in his left.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
• The foot stomps are one of the only percussive elements in this movie.
  — Vulture, 27 July 2023
• But the best proof of her reclusiveness is in her saw-toothed, percussive show tunes.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2020
• Among all the percussive massage guns in this roundup, this one boasts the best battery life with up to seven hours of use.
  — Kate Addicott, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• By then the music has changed too, with a thumping, percussive sound.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
• The foot stomps are one of the only percussive elements that keep coming back in to this movie.
  — Vulture, 27 July 2023
• The payoff for all that effort was a percussive essay rich in melody as well as drive.
  — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• At the Oregon State end, players heard a percussive crash.
  — Bud Withers, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2020
• MacMillan had more than 80 clips to pull from, selecting first the percussive ones -- sounds like thumps, coughs, the shake of a rattle.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 25 Jan. 2020
• The percussive sounds helped Bowers show how Serena and Venus changed the game of tennis.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Nov. 2021
• He has long been hailed for his intense grooves and percussive mastery.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022
• The percussive plugs are great for shooting sports, explosions, and sharp loud noise.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
• The percussive dripping of water echoes in the empty halls, and the white sun is viewed through a perpetual fog.
  — Jeva Lange, The Week, 25 Dec. 2021
• The palm fronds danced in the wind, rubbing and clapping a symphony of percussive music.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
• Brian Coogan played the percussive score that drove the production.
  — NOLA.com, 5 June 2017
• King’s anger became the percussive partner to his more famous hope — and to his sorrow.
  — Richard Lischer, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
• These large boulders are covered in percussive marks from thousands of years of use.
  — Trevor Cox, National Geographic, 31 July 2019
• The percussive, pulpy violence of the opening is replaced by a close-up of a single blade flashing down and a bright streak of blood across a face.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2019
• The writing is taut, with a percussive, rhythmic undertow that pulls you right in.
  — Riza Cruz, ELLE, 23 Feb. 2022
• There were cheers and claps for an audio glitch that filled the arena with repetitive percussive shots.
  — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• Callahan's baritone vocals are both rich in the low-mids and crisp in the high-mids, though the acoustic strums and higher-register percussive hits could use a bit more brightness.
  — PCMAG, 15 July 2024
• On her percussive new release, Pratt lives in the borderlands between genres and personas.
  — The New Yorker, 19 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024