syncopate

When the start of the canon comes back near the end, it is syncopated.

The two movements were perfectly syncopated: God was with him.

Their music tended to be high in energy, syncopated and funky.

It became more syncopated, especially in its third part.

The drum beat is syncopated, on the 3rd and 8th beats.

At one point they were syncopated, one moving in while the other moved out.

On its final return, the main theme is syncopated against triplets.

His cannon syncopated one another, each firing as the other cooled for an instant.

You hear how the piano playing is syncopated and you know it's for dancing.

Her body is syncopated - none of that straight-on-the-beat line emphasis time and again.

The meter, with its divided and syncopated second beat, gives the ear assurance.

"When a note sounds during what we expect to be a silence, we say it is syncopated."

The viola player will often syncopate and break to accentuate the songs.

Some early examples of these are also syncopated.

The timing of his calls can be impeccable, as if syncopated with a metronome.

If the even-numbered beats are stressed instead, the rhythm is syncopated.

The piano's left hand also plays notes, syncopated with the violin (or other instrument).

Their precision and syncopated spaces make them almost catchy.

Seconds later, two more figures moved into his field of vision, dancing to the jerky, syncopated beat.

Strong design and simplified forms give the painting a patterned, syncopated rhythm.

The melody is often dotted and syncopated to give a somewhat cheeky feel to the work.

Both treated their vocals as if they were trumpet lines, syncopated and frisky.

Taken as a whole, the dish has the spicy, syncopated harmony of a jazz quintet.

The atmosphere of the song is heavily syncopated.

These tensions are often highlighted by the accompanying figures, which are syncopated.