world beat
noun
(sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, native forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.
Origin of world beat
1First recorded in 1985–90
- Also called world music.
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How to use world beat in a sentence
Unwillingly the remembrance of the outer world beat back into Billy's mind.
The Palace of Darkened Windows | Mary Hastings BradleyAnd then the great heart of the world beat with noble generosity.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteBut within these forms of the older world beat for the first time the spirit which was to characterize the new.
History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) | John Richard GreenThey were sick and sorrowful, and the tempests of the world beat upon them.
Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 | Augustus J. C. Hare
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