Sentences with phrase «short staccato»

Straight, short staccato dashes arranged on a diagonal seem to shatter vertical and horizontal lines and vice versa, resulting in discordant, haphazard arrangements.

Furthermore, Riddi alerted me to the calls of hornbills (calling loud or assertively, or yelping morosely — these birds are thought to be messengers from the spirit world), woodcocks (rambling sombre chattering), and pheasants (short staccato hoots).

Not exact matches

Ultra-brief stimulation delivers staccato pulses of electricity, with each pulse on for only a very short time.

The staccato cadence of Tim Streeto's editing, which clusters together short scenes that excise the beginnings and ends of interactions, often keeps the impact of Bernard's autocratic parenting from registering fully on impact, but the film's tragicomic punch lands in the final act after an otherwise useless therapy session triggers in Walt a warm memory of his mother — thus spawning a stint of self - analysis that doubles as an occasion for viewer reflection.

Just a small flick left and we're clipping the curbs and back on the gas, thundering down the short straight between turns 12 and 13 with staccato bangs coming from the exhaust on each up shift.

Not all cats will chatter, but those that do sound like they're making short, staccato clicks or coughs as they stare intently at a bird hovering by a window.

Your pup will pay much more attention after a series of short, staccato sit - step - sit sequences.

The bronze form is based on the shooting of a smaller figurine documented in a looping short video, the staccato of a firing gun constantly audible in the museum's space.

Being composed of many short pieces arranged by topic, the rhythm of the book is a bit staccato but won't be anything new to anyone who's familiar with blogs.

short term, staccato and «pilot» funding arrangements with no commitment to ongoing funding and disconnected from the reality of the scale and timing of investment needed to drive lasting change