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
• The aim was to return the tempo to the same rate as when the song began.
  — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
• 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
• The soundtrack is a funky kind of samba-soul and the vibe is just as up-tempo as the beat.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Jan. 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
• There’s going to be times in the huddle where maybe the tempo’s not great.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• 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
• Knight urged his team to keep the tempo up and not fall for the tricks the Sentinels were throwing at them.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
• 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 top five each perform a ballad and then an up-tempo song.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021
• 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
• And Williams and Kmet said the play-calling operation was much smoother in terms of the tempo with which Williams got the plays.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
• Either way, a fast tempo seems a better match for whatever melodrama might lurk in the score.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024