tremolo
noun
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
tremolos
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pluralof tremolo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Especially when Mr. Taborn’s chords spill into watery tremolos, all this coheres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The short, fantastical piece was alive with trills and tremolos, rustling arpeggios, beguiling tunes and jittery dance segments driven by Bartokian cluster chords.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
The strings alternate between sharply accented tremolos — the scrunching, one imagines, of feet on dry leaves — and more reflective sounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
Then, over the chorus, he ascended the fingerboard with gruff tremolos followed by some reckless-sounding syncopated chords.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
To the usual accompaniment of violin tremolos, he relates how he saw Senta's father bring with him a stranger who looked like that picture on the wall.
From Stars of the Opera by Mabel Wagnalls
