fugue-like
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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He notices the fugue-like structure of “The Open Boat” and the bigger themes that defined his later work as tuberculosis began to lay him low.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Those words are from the fugue-like “Variations on a Summer Day,” by Wallace Stevens.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2020
The hypnotic, fugue-like melody has picked up more than 43,000 hits on YouTube since its launch last week.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2020
The script could use more consistency and cadence in its fantasy sequences to achieve the fugue-like effect I presume Ms. Anyanwu is aspiring to.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2018
I recall the long waves of nodding grass, that swayed in the June wind and were chasing each other, fugue-like on the broad meadows.
From Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs by Codman, John Thomas
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