Examples of harmonic in a Sentence

Adjective the desire to live the kind of harmonic life in which work and family are perfectly balanced

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective His big, brawny sound is matched by his dexterity and harmonic sophistication. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022 The harmonic silkiness and wedding-ready choruses of Beyoncé’s earlier hits are mostly absent, and maybe none of these songs will land in her catalog’s tippy-toppiest tier. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 July 2022 The overall effect is of a smoothly unfurling carpet — reminiscent of Philip Glass in its unhurried yet wrenching harmonic progressions — atop which voices soar. — New York Times, 22 July 2022 But Byrd’s lighting, exerting a strong but delicate harmonic influence, like that of the double-bass in an orchestra, made the pieces cohere for me, forming a suite on the themes of the terror of love and the agonies of belief. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 Despite the music’s harmonic richness, Weilerstein eschewed the temptation of ponderous tempos and the Phoenix playing was polished and articulate throughout. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022 The pianist showed great maturity in her ability to control dramatic that revealed every harmonic nuance. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022 Students must constantly be watching and listening, ready to respond to the smallest rhythmic cue or harmonic variation from a fellow performer. — Jeff Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2022 The eight or so minutes that follow — their harmonic surprises and melodic mementos, their climbing strings and slumping horns — had a time-capsule magic to their unfolding. — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun But on the high-performance 289 the fourth harmonic comes within its 7000-rpm range, so the vibration damper developed for the Indianapolis engine, with enlarged rubber contact areas and tuned for higher crankshaft speeds, was adapted. — Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2020 In true Gordon style, the music tends violently percussive and extreme, relentless in its industrial repetitions, but with stark exceptions: a section of glassy harmonics, another of keening, drooping melancholy gestures. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020 Trojahn’s orchestral writing is similarly fluent: the pacing is confident, the coloristic contrasts intelligent, and there are some beguiling textures; a diaphanous web of harp and stratospheric string harmonics early in the opera was breathtaking. — Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 7 Dec. 2019 The adaptive dampers prevent unwanted harmonics even when dealing with gnarly surfaces at inappropriate speeds. — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2020 The business end has lots of interchangeable options, too, including a fiber optic bead, a tunnel sight, and a muzzle brake that is said to improve accuracy by altering barrel harmonics. — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2020 Note the high harmonics and current out of sync: 3DFS Here’s the interface with SDE turned on. — David Roberts, Vox, 5 June 2018 Wade is a singer, song-crafter and guitarist whose sultry voice and back-up acoustic band bring a fresh interpretation to Americana, Bluegrass and Blues through brilliant vocal arrangements and harmonics. — courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019 This meditative piece worked best when the mood was quiet and undulating, especially in the passage in high harmonics near the end, so otherworldly in sound, almost like a theremin. — Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020 See More

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