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
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
Várjon caressed odd, syncopated chords in the lyrical opening movement, added ethereal touches within the heaven-storming march and masterfully built fugue-like passages, blooming from the depths of the keyboard, in the final Allegro.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2019
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
Outside, Odalie, Belinda, and Ensign Whitson were singing a trio, the parts somewhat at haphazard, the fugue-like effects coming in like the cadences of the wind, now high, now low, and in varying strength.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree
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