beat time
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A man in a wheelchair wearing a pale-gray blazer beat time to the music with his eyes closed, a look of intense joy on his face.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018
“Perhaps not,” Alice cautiously replied: “but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2016
The white-faced Nijinsky beat time from the wings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alternately he rippled off a solo passage, waved the baton, bobbed his head at the orchestra, beat time with a momentarily free hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abel rubbed the sleep from his eyes, took up his lute, and launched into “The Domishman’s Wife,” whilst one of his washerwomen beat time on her drum.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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