Sentences with phrase «staccato sounds»

When Father Whelan said he needed to step outside, that meant a cigar, but Father Driscoll was not a smoker, to our knowledge, so when I heard him making odd staccato sounds outside I figured he had a cold and was indeed trying to clear his throat.

I said Yes, Father, and he made that staccato sound in his throat again, and then it was time for us to get ready for Mass..

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-- it's a staccato, nasal - sounding thing; «Ah bat»em Cow Boys, «en?!

In slow, staccato tones — sounding at times as portentous as a postmodern French philosopher — Timothy gives a tortoise - eye view of the confines of his owner's garden.

(Significantly, the first part of the video essentially begins with two technological sounds / images / rhythms: film turning on an editing table and Godard tapping typewriter keys — the first legato, the second staccato.)

Refn co-wrote The Neon Demon with two playwrights, Mary Laws and Polly Stenham, which explains why so much of the dialogue sounds so clipped, precise, almost staccato.

Given how deeply teenagers tend to feel about their troubles, the staccato rants will probably sound like emotional dumps to the average adult, whether they're weighing - in on absentee fathers, drug - addicted parents, or even just doting Jewish parents.

It's not quite the real world, however; it's Mametland, that gritty, aggressive, masculine universe looks like reality but sounds like the theater, where every pungent insult and staccato phrase is savored by the actors like a holy wafer.

It's great just off idle and until 2000 rpm (where it sounds like a diesel truck's exhaust — deep and staccato with that ever - present turbo whistle) but then it all just kinda goes... vacuum cleaner.

Suddenly the large, carbon - fiber air box under the hood sounds as if it's being ripped to pieces by the guttural, staccato intake pulses.

It provides manageable sound with a beautiful staccato note that opens up for less engine restriction when activated by the accelerator pedal.

Kids will want to chime in on the sound effects and staccato words of this total dynamo.

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.

The sounds from the other end of the line come promptly: crisp, staccato drips and splashes form different tones and patterns.

In Garber's installation, the player piano rolls, cochlear satellites and layered prints are staccato exclamations of unheard sound.

Painter Painter, an emphatic doubling of the word, creates a muted staccato in the mouth that sounds plaintive to the ear.

Though sound bites can grab attention, I believe if solely relied upon, they often leave too much on the cutting room floor, creating a staccato, often, less than compelling result.

Her accent and approach to requests often sounded staccato, blunt, and matter of fact.