vibrato
noun
a pulsating effect, produced in singing by the rapid reiteration of emphasis on a tone, and on bowed instruments by a rapid change of pitch corresponding to the vocal tremolo.
vibratos
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pluralof vibrato.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There, a strange man with an oboe sat on the ridge of his tooth, playing wide vibratos through nimbusfog.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
All the poignant sentiment that Lennon and Ono imbued the song with is completely sucked out by singer Adam Levine’s reaching aria and overdone vibratos.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2018
King’s shudders and vibratos, half-shouts and glottal stops have become a synecdoche for the ongoing struggle for American freedom.
From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017
The store’s guitar tech shakes his hand, and within minutes, they’re geeking out over Bigsby vibratos, P-90 pickups and the pink, 1956 Gibson lap steel Bonamassa recently found.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2016
Then their whinnied replies came back in trembling vibratos.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
