Sentence examples for beat behind from inspiring English sources

Soukous, from the Congo, puts a sinuous rumba beat behind endlessly intertwined guitar lines.

Watching Jake's fingers for the changes, I remain half a beat behind throughout.

Most of the actors play themselves, and then also, as "Eurydice" unfolds in front of them, step into its roles, speaking Anouilh's lines along with, or a beat behind, the younger, less famous actors on screen.

But in between he left the beat behind: lingering over phrases and displacing them, teasingly shifting in and out of sync, sometimes crooning and sometimes letting his voice grow scratchy.

She gives them notes: The lighting is too bright or too dim, that tableau was a beat behind, the special effects don't look right.

If you are even one beat behind, it will reflect badly on the entire group.

You are always a beat behind.

You couldn't beat it". Behind, a fierce battle was raging for the minor places.

The suspension is a touch too soft and the speed-proportional electric power steering seems to vary its assist a half-beat behind the driver's moves.

You usually sing it a cappella in a stadium where the echo hits your ear a half-beat behind the melody, and the lyrics are so familiar and fraught with meaning that every fan in the stands can hear the slightest mistake or botched note.

McMahon took an incredible beating behind a substandard offensive line.