Sentence examples for the alternation from inspiring English sources

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the alternation

noun

The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.

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The alternation of voices also lends texture.

And Netherlandic still shows the alternation: vriezen, vroor, gevroren.

The alternation of movements grew familiar, if never altogether comfortable.

What made "Chicken Soup" so compelling — wild, funny, frightening — was the alternation between realism and surrealism.

The alternation of silly and sensible, as between Colchester and Canterbury, is getting familiar.

The mood is contemplative, the alternation of music and dance an interesting touch.

But the alternation between the stagey voice and the rockabilly growl help get it on to this playlist.

When the alternation is too rapid, we get passages like the following.

English has kept the alternation in only one verb: singular was, plural were.

The alternation of private drama and classical order is full of surprises.

The climate is tropical and is characterized by the alternation of rainy and dry seasons.

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