Sentence examples for off the rhythm from inspiring English sources

The glass is set in a pattern of diamonds and triangles, which play off the rhythm of the curves.

SPECIAL NEEDS BULLETIN "It throws off the rhythm if someone suddenly announces at dinner that there can be no pepper, no butter or no water out of plastic bottles," said Ms. Gutfreund.

Fused into a single, hypnotically syncopating fabric, these colored shapes twist, turn, hover, glow and vibrate, playing off the gridded infrastructure the way the horns play off the rhythm section of a big band.

Few events will throw off the rhythm of a business and cut into sales effectiveness more dramatically than a merger.

Drinking more than four cups each day can cause an increase in blood pressure, though, which can throw off the rhythm of your heart beat.

Don't bother with this technique if it takes you so long you get off the rhythm, or if you can't maintain your tone.

I was like, "It sounds good the way it is!" He's a perfectionist -- he'll say it a million times until it floats off of the rhythm.

Not only can these trims throw off the rhythms of the show -- splitting up scenes meant as mini-climaxes for each episode's four acts -- but the best jokes often go missing.

At 64 Mr. Adé is still a beguiling guitarist, making gestural, staccato phrases on top of the music, letting high notes sweep up or down and trail off, spiking the rhythm over the cyclical patterns of the band's other guitarist, Segun Kalajaiye.

The song "Christmas Waltz" has a distinctive waltz rhythm, and also contains the lyrics "and this song of mine/in three-quarter time" tipping you off to the rhythm.

Such checked, off-the-beat rhythms are subtler, unexpectedly displaced.