(1) If you closed your eyes it was easy enough to mistake that sound, that staccato of rifle and gunfire, for rain pattering onto the surface of a raincoat.

(2) Much laughter has been heard, with the staccato of chopping and the thud of pestles meeting mortars.

(3) Soon, the faint pitter-patter crescendoed into the staccato of heavy drops falling on Heinrich's poncho.

(4) Then the sound of motorbikes being wheeled out, the irregular repeated staccato of kicks, then the reluctant engines being revved to keep them firing in the cold cold air.

(5) She'd sit at the terminal, frowning, cigarette burning in the tray, tapping a rapid staccato .

(6) We play opposite articulations: legato in staccato passages, staccato in legato sections.

(7) Retention of a naturally compact hand through early release of selected notes and judicious use of staccato touch is a potent technique.

(8) Faily looked around at his gang, and his voice changed from the flat monotone of his recitation of imprinted details to the sharp staccato of his orders.

(9) The staccato of gunfire had died and silence filled the hallway.

(10) The grotesque flesh-marionettes of the studio audience erupted with a shrill and uneven staccato of laughter.

(11) One minute I can hear the birds outside, the staccato of the fan, the light flapping of my bed sheet in the fan draft.

(12) The heavy staccato of footfalls behind her sounded a bit odd.

(13) His fingers tapped at the keys in a rapid staccato .

(14) Vladimir could hear scattered gunfire on the right flank now, a staccato of pops amid the deeper roar of the artillery shells exploding to their rear.

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(16) On the piano, James was not delicate nor mysterious at all - his playing was stuttered and fast, something rushing forth in staccato bursts that suggest supreme agitation or even anger.

(17) The bolts of lightning threw lurid blue patterns across the walls and the rain beat a driving staccato on the roof.

(18) I sigh, crack one eye, and regard the interplay of shadows on the wall, listening to the incessant staccato of the downpour.

(19) From adagio to agitato, from legato to staccato , the music guides us through the story with ease and agility.

(20) Xavier said gripping his cane as the pair's shoes beat a rhythmic staccato on the linoleum.