arco
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of arco
1730–40; < Italian: bow < Latin arcus. See arc
Vocabulary lists containing arco
Example Sentences
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On “Expansions,” he sounds like a jazz bassist, walking a brisk line, before switching to arco and summoning scraping cries and heaving groans out of the strings.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
“A lot of people have spoken about his pizzicato playing, but I was also excited by his arco tone,” Mr. Davis said in an interview, referring to Mr. Wadud’s use of the bow.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Keeping true to his L.A. roots, Quiñones over the years created characters based on an upbringing that wasn’t always sol y arco iris, such as his spicy drama-fueled character Juanita Carmelita, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
"Treat Me Like Train Tracks" has a more nervous, interior, psychological feel, with an anxious, tapping beat, arco bass and warbling keyboard.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2011
If he means to say that mythical fictions are mingled with real events, Forsan in alcun vero suo arco percuote, as Dante says, and I fully concede the point.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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