pacing
noun
the act or result of setting the rate of movement or progress, as of a story, movie, lesson, etc..
pacings
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pluralof pacing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Much of Mr. Roberts’s movement for that quartet of dancers, despite some upper-body torsioning and unison pacings, presents repeated articulations for their arms, suggesting the flapping of wings, which grows monotonous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
The rising United Kingdom-based bandleader Nala Sinephro plays harp and electronics, with a pull toward weightless sounds and meditative pacings, so comparisons to Alice Coltrane are inevitable.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
In the 20th century, technology made it ever easier to regulate the production of sound, with electronic music allowing for perfectly even pacings.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2017
Once, in the midst of his pacings, he fell right off his platform.
From Time Magazine Archive
On one of their pacings they found Mr. Ocock come out to smoke an evening pipe.
From Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson
