Example sentences for: cadence

How can you use “cadence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I blurbed The Kiss . The book scared me, not because it concerns incest or happens to be true but because of the malign figure of the father, who reminded me of the character played by Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter . I also appreciated the drugged cadence of the prose, with a chasm between every two sentences, and the frozen stare of the insistent present tense.

  • Or simply an abstract rhythm, cadence, or melody to which you must give voice?

  • The loving yet formal thee and thou and the closing -eth syllable create a melody, a rhythm, a smooth cadence truly reflecting our beloved shepherd's care, and ignite a feeling of intimacy with him, a mutuality of feeling that the -s ending completely wants--Excuse me!

  • Repeat again and again until the recording sounds exactly like Tim Russert in tone, inflection, and cadence.


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