rhythmic
adjective
rhyth·mic
ˈrit͟h-mik 
variants
or rhythmical
1
: marked by or moving in pronounced rhythm
2
: of, relating to, or involving rhythm
Synonyms of rhythmic
Examples of rhythmic in a Sentence
We could hear a rhythmic drumming outside.
lulled to sleep by the rhythmic sound of her mother's voice reading the Bible
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Indeed, while observing AT2020afhd, the team saw rhythmic changes in both X-rays and radio waves coming from this TDE that implied the accretion disk and jet were wobbling in unison, with this motion repeating every 20 Earth-days.
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The rhythmic piece attracted Domhnall Gleeson to voice Ray, the man whose to-do lists for life threaten to overwhelm but also pull focus to what matters.
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Natochenny trained at a competitive acting school and got a bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.
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One powerful leading theory, the vocal-learning hypothesis, suggests that rhythmic synchronization depends on specialized brain circuits that tightly link hearing and movement, which evolved to support complex vocal learning.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The rhythmic piece attracted Domhnall Gleeson to voice Ray, the man whose to-do lists for life threaten to overwhelm but also pull focus to what matters.
—Natalie Jamieson, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
Natochenny trained at a competitive acting school and got a bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
One powerful leading theory, the vocal-learning hypothesis, suggests that rhythmic synchronization depends on specialized brain circuits that tightly link hearing and movement, which evolved to support complex vocal learning.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
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rhythmic
adjective
rhyth·mic
ˈrit͟h-mik
variants
or rhythmical
1
: of, relating to, or involving rhythm
2
: marked by or moving in pronounced rhythm
rhythmic contractions
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