Rhythmical

Three men rose and dipped, rose and dipped, in rhythmical precision; but a red bandanna, wrapped about the head of one, caught and held his eye. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first rhythm falls well within English rhythmical norms a dactyl, whereas a sequence of four unstressed syllables does not. ❋ DC (2008)

Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another. ❋ Unknown (1969)

In the early 19th century Flourens had already proved by experiment that by stimulating the semi-circular canals of the inner ear certain rhythmical eye movements (called nystagmus) could be caused and Purkinje showed that in human beings vertigo was induced by rotation. ❋ Unknown (1967)

It is “characterized by rhythmical, repetitive, involuntary movements of the tongue, face, mouth, or jaw, sometimes accompanied by other bizarre muscular activity.” ❋ Donald T. Dickson (1995)

As they were intended for prayer and not for singing, they may be called rhythmical prayers (in German Reimgebete). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

What the Wagnerite calls rhythmical is what I call, to use a Greek metaphor, ❋ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1872)

He tells us that he deals with the problem of rendering Old English verse in modern English by adopting a compromise that "represents a cross between the traditional Anglo-Saxon meter and a looser form used by Aelfric, sometimes called rhythmical prose" (47). ❋ Unknown (1983)

I often use an expanded form on first use and then switch to a reduced form, to avoid repetition, but other factors can intervene, such as rhythmical elegance and awareness of a possible lack of clarity. ❋ DC (2007)

Middle Ages the word "rhythmical" was used as the general term for any kind of poetry to be distinguished from prose, no matter whether there was regular rhythm in those poems or not. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Even now, when I shut my eyes, I can see her proud, imperial form, clothed alternately in dense shadow and the red flickering of the fire, as she stood, the wild centre of as weird a scene as I ever witnessed, and delivered herself of the burden of her thoughts and forebodings in a kind of rhythmical speech that ran something as follows: -- ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

It is a kind of rhythmical prose, governed by laws of its own, which it carefully observes. ❋ James Stalker (1887)

The favour of the gods may be won by what for want of a better term may be called dancing, but what in reality is a series of monotonous movements, a kind of rhythmical exercise, kept up sometimes for two nights. ❋ Carl Lumholtz (1886)

We had stopped at the bank of a small river in order to search for a ford, when, sitting on a rock, awaiting the return of the Kaffir I had sent to prospect around, I heard a peculiar sound: a kind of rhythmical tramp as of many feet working together, walking quickly or trotting, accompanied by curious noises as of grunting, groaning, coughing, and so on. ❋ Various (1873)

Stevenson as he stood reading it aloud, with his hand stretched out holding the manuscript, and his body gently swaying as a kind of rhythmical commentary on the story. ❋ Unknown (1871)

They are in great measure composed of long, irregular lines, with a kind of rhythmical progress rather than rhythm in them. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

dumb person watching [Rhythmic gymnastics] in olympics: pppppppfff [bitch please], this is a sport??? i can do that with a ball *ends up in a hospital with a snapped spine* person 1: woah what the fuck! that girl can touch her ass with her head!!!! is she a demon?? person 2: no she's rad! she's a rhythmic [gymnast]. ❋ Kishkishkish (2013)

Charles: [Rapping] turned into [rhythmic bitching] so easily, i hardly even noticed. [Stuart]: Indeed. ❋ White Chocolate Cake (2010)

"[Hey], [wanna] [dance]?" "No, I'm rhythmically dyslexic." ❋ Pseudonym87 (2008)

Stop listening to "If I die Young" by [the Band Perry]. Its a total [rhythmic trap]. You know your gonna end up feeling sad..why even bother!?! Be careful with that Radiohead CD, its full of rhythmic traps..just saying [I don't want it] to kill your good mood bro. ❋ CoolMarc26 (2011)

Dumb Ass Guy: 'What sport do you do?' [Gymnast]: 'Rhythmic [Gymnastics].' Dumb Ass Guy: 'OH COOl! So you can do flips?' Gymnast: 'No DUMB ASS! That's artistic [gymnastics]!' *Stabs Dumb Ass Guy then walks away* ❋ Rgchik (2008)

In [rhythmic gymnastics] the [gymnasts] don't do backflips so don't even [go there]!! ❋ Xx123.321xx (2017)

First I heard the water run and [fill the tub] followed by the couple laughing and [splashing] around together. Later, all I heard was [moaning] and rhythmic sloshing. ❋ MR2 (2008)

"this music sounds like [noise], but it has a [rhythm] and even [a beat], you can actually dance to it, it must be rhythmic noise..." ❋ R0b0tN1K (2008)

Dude I was listening to Bring Me To The [Horizon] last night while watching [porn]. That was one [hardcore] "Rhythmic Wank". ❋ Joehay (2010)

"I was doing some [mad] rhythmic texting [last night] with like, [five] people." ❋ Nos_addict (2009)