grace note
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grace note
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The rainbow, however ephemeral, provides more than a grace note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
“How to Break” abandons showing for telling long before it hits the end of its nearly two-hour, no-intermission run time, but the design’s visual ambiguity is a welcome grace note.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
The score thrums with the power chords of enlightenment and, in a grace note, Fellner’s supposed airhead lands the script’s most insightful line: “Real love is to be at peace with flawed love.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
It would hit the charts posthumously a year after his death, leaving a mournful grace note on his legendary career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; Ð used especially in organ music.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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