variants
or rhythmical
as in metrical
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound
lulled to sleep by the rhythmic sound of her mother's voice reading the Bible
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Recent Examples of rhythmic
The crowd nodded in rhythmic agreement.
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Nik Popli, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Sonically, his style is a slow, rhythmic reggaeton, pleasing to the ear, and that’s precisely what stands out, especially when most urban artists these days are presenting harsher sounds.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Communication, at its best, has always been aural, emotional, rhythmic and alive, not just letters on a screen.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
There’s definitely a strong rhythmic foundation under the whole show.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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Nik Popli, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Sonically, his style is a slow, rhythmic reggaeton, pleasing to the ear, and that’s precisely what stands out, especially when most urban artists these days are presenting harsher sounds.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Communication, at its best, has always been aural, emotional, rhythmic and alive, not just letters on a screen.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
There’s definitely a strong rhythmic foundation under the whole show.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rhythmic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhythmic
Adjective
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Other data releases, including the all-important monthly jobs report and the Fed’s go-to inflation metric as well as key insights on consumer spending, have been sidelined.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Top Holiday Albums chart ranks the 50 most popular seasonal albums of the week in the United States based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past half century, one of the fundamentals of American life has been the steady relocation of people—and of the country’s center of gravity—to the Sun Belt.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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The technology could one day provide steady, long-lasting power for faster and more flexible deep-space missions, including Mars travel.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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On the heels of six Grammy nominations for her seventh studio album Man’s Best Friend, pop star Sabrina Carpenter has inked a deal to star in and produce an untitled musical, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, for Universal Pictures.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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Sabrina Carpenter is set to jump down the rabbit hole and onto the big screen with a new musical adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Rhythmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhythmic. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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