Definition of Tempo

the rate or speed of music or some other activity

Examples of Tempo in a sentence

Speeding up the tempo, the street musician attracted patients by playing his song faster and faster.  

Keeping tempo with the drummer, the singer made sure not to sing too slowly or too fast.  

The runner began to pick up tempo as he neared the halfway mark of the race.  

Each basketball game seemed to have a different tempo with the final be more upbeat than the previous.  

The quartet couldn’t find an upbeat song to sing at the talent show and ended up going with a slow ballad.  

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