RHYTHMIC in a Sentence

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That shoulder rose and fell rhythmically and convulsively, but spadefuls of earth were already being thrown over the whole body.

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 Meanings and Examples of RHYTHMIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rhythmic
 a.  recurring with measured regularity
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Evidently they were firing at the hussars, but the balls with rapid rhythmic whistle flew over the heads of the horsemen and fell somewhere beyond them.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII
2  The soft whispering voice continued its rhythmic murmur, something oppressed him and stretched out, and the strange face was before him.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXII
3  Dessalles slept propped up on four pillows and his Roman nose emitted sounds of rhythmic snoring.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER XVI
4  Frosted shingles smoked against a sky colored like flax-blossoms, sleigh-bells clinked, shouts of greeting were loud in the thin bright air, and everywhere was a rhythmic sound of wood-sawing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
5  As the rhythmic oars plopped and creaked, as she floated on an unreality of delicate gray over which the sunset was poured out thin, the irritation of Cy and Maud slipped away.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
6  Daisy began to sing with the music in a husky, rhythmic whisper, bringing out a meaning in each word that it had never had before and would never have again.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  The verses passed from his mind to his lips and, murmuring them over, he felt the rhythmic movement of a villanelle pass through them.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  Napoleon noticed Balashev's embarrassment when uttering these last words; his face twitched and the calf of his left leg began to quiver rhythmically.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER VI
9  It seemed to her that something heavy was beating rhythmically against all the walls of the room: it was her own heart, sinking with alarm and terror and overflowing with love.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXI
10  That shoulder rose and fell rhythmically and convulsively, but spadefuls of earth were already being thrown over the whole body.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER XI
11  Cold shivers ran down his spine and his whole body pulsed rhythmically.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER XI
12  Bending her left hand, she laid it on his shoulder, and her little feet in their pink slippers began swiftly, lightly, and rhythmically moving over the slippery floor in time to the music.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 22
13  Antonia's father uncovered one of his long bony legs and rubbed it rhythmically.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
14  Sensuously, rhythmically, she stirred the mixture round and round.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
15  The insects were making rhythmical noises.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence:
1  They danced to the rhythmic beat of the music.
2  Good breathing is slow, rhythmic and deep.
3  The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.
4  They can hear the rhythmic chiming of church bells.
5  Regardless of age, size or rhythmical ability, hooping is an activity that most everyone can enjoy.