How to Use rhythm in a Sentence

rhythm

noun
  • She enjoyed the quiet rhythms of country life.
  • Travel can disrupt your body's daily rhythm.
  • Make the beat Pick a style and see how the speed changes the rhythm’s vibe.
    Luis Velarde, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • My job is to bring that rhythm out so that the jokes are there.
    Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
  • If the heartbeat is a rhythm, Dove Cameron is ready to dance.
    USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The rhythm is always the same: up, one, two — slight pause at the apex — down, three, four.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But as the rhythms of daily life set in, so did regret.
    Kate Talerico, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Other nearby units from the clan could overhear the rhythm.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The pulsing rhythm vibrates through the floor and walls up through your body and fingertips.
    Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • For example, the footsteps became part of the rhythm every now and then, not all the time.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Dance team members hope that more of their brothers in blue will find the rhythm within.
    Maria Cramer, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The main thing to look for will be whether BYU can manage the game better and get the offense into more of a rhythm.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Vučević loves to play in the post, and needs touches in that area to feel comfortable, and find rhythm.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • People of all ages flow in and out of the center, moving with the rhythms of the hip-hop tracks thumping through the speakers.
    Brandon Sneed, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The result was an awkward Frankenstein of tone and rhythm that could make the corniest dad cringe.
    Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The goal is to stabilize the patient by getting them back to a normal rhythm.
    Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The series’ archness drove its rat-a-tat-tat rhythms—Hi, Chairry!
    Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Through it all, the rhythm of music remained his anchor.
    Carlos Mendez, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Burrow found a rhythm and helped give the Bengals their first lead — and victory — of the season.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Her work focuses on the pulse of the modern rhythms of Latinidad, arts and culture.
    Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • These cause spiral lines to appear on the building, drawing the eye into a rhythm rather than straight up and down.
    Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The rhythms and noises of a location can be as unique as a signature.
    Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Scott would scan the horizon for a break in the trees, his heart pounding to the rhythm of the ticking clock Barry had imposed: The plane is going down.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • His interview with the band’s rhythm guitarist, Luis Rego, ran in this year’s spring issue.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • The rest of the team hasn’t been in same sort of rhythm, though, with a 6-4 record in their last 10 games and failing to win more than two straight since early January.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • More reps translates to better feel and rhythm for Story at the dish, and thus better results.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Under new conditions of emergency, the rhythm, tone, and genre of the film are transformed.
    Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But that’s part of our identity, our DNA, is getting to the line and guys catching rhythms like that and then playing from there.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Everyone moves at their own pace and to their own rhythm, so don't hold yourself to a timeline that doesn't make sense for you.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • These pop-up exchanges break the rhythm of the tale without heightening its suspense.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024

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