How to Use tempo in a Sentence

tempo

noun

• The tempo of the game slowed down.
• The song has a slow tempo.
• We walked at a fast tempo.
• The dance starts out fast and then switches tempo.
• The composition has many changes of tempo.
• Payne pushed the tempo as the Suns played faster with him in the lineup.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
• So the West Coast was always like, take the tempo down, right?
  — Cecily Cruz, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
• But though the tempo of her music was fast, the vibe was placid.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2023
• The tempo tracks my reps and gives feedback on my form.
  — The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2023
• From there, the Bobcats controlled the tempo much of the rest of the period.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023
• Home in on your tempo and add a pause halfway through the lift to keep your hips in the right place.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
• And of course there's melody and there's rhythm and tempo and all of that stuff, but to me, the story is what grabs me.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• Fukushima: One of the unique things about the song is how the tempo drops way down during the chorus.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
• And the tempo of the song starts out slow but then gets very fast very quickly … boom boom boom.
  — Barbra Streisand, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2023
• There’s no game where the tempo is more important than The Game.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
• The game opens at a steady tempo and then hits a sudden and massive spike.
  — Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
• As the tempo rose, a perimeter of cellphone screens formed around them.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• The second half began as the first ended, with Duquesne in control of the tempo and the score.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Horned Frogs want to push the tempo and force Michigan to operate at a faster pace.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
• Louisville, which never trailed in the game, turned up the intensity and controlled the tempo for the rest of the game.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2022
• My impression was that Bob likes a slow tempo for the songs, and Phil likes it a bit faster.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2022
• Kelly had the Bruins playing with high tempo for most of the night.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• The fast tempo was too much for Attucks leading to turnovers and easy run outs for LN.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2022
• The Mustangs built a six-goal halftime lead by dictating the pace and tempo of the game.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
• Feeling the tempo, the crowd’s pulse, Brown prepared to raise it all even higher.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
• And since the pandemic, the desire to party hard again has notched the tempo way faster.
  — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2022
• Richie even chimed in a time or two, nudging Lawson to stay on tempo or pitch.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 20 Mar. 2023
• This tempo is achieved by doubling the number of crews assigned to any one ship.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2023
• The hallmark of a great patter song is a fast tempo paired with a swift sequence of rhythmic patterns, where each syllable of the text aligns with a single note.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
• Streaks of trombone hung over busy bass and claps of percussion as Heyward ramped up the tempo and intensity.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 16 June 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024