staccato

a play of staccato scences

Her pencil tapped out a staccato rhythm on the desk top.

I could hear the staccato clatter of Mexican from the next table.

her heels made a rapid staccato on the polished boards.

Really? -Except there should be a dot above these to indicate staccato.

He learned to stare at people without blinking, and he perfected long silences punctuated by staccato bursts of fast talking.

" Poor Dodo, " she went on, in an amiable staccato.

The sound of the dialogue is what some people have described as " staccato."

I really love his staccato dialogue and the way that the story develops.

Now moves forward to meet its counterpart, whose tip might touch in repeated staccato movements.

" Work has become more staccato, " sums up Jared Spataro, who oversaw the research at Microsoft.

Then there was suddenly a rattling flutter at the window, staccato and loud upon the hushed, pent air.

Suddenly the painter appeared at the door of the studio and made staccato signs for them to come in.

Pitching her voice on a much lower key, she kept up a staccato calling that reverberated through the forest.