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Example sentences for "unison"

Lexicographically close words:
uniqueness; unirrigated; unirritating; uniserial; unisexual; unisons; unissued; unit; unitary; unitate
  1. Every observed fact is an apparent tangibility; but its reality consists in its unison with the ultimate realities of rational conception.

  2. And art is not spontaneous, but carefully intended; no babbling of a child, but a mutual fitting of form and content, in which efficient unison the artist's intellect has worked.

  3. Let your voice be in unison with all those powers that God is using for his recovery!

  4. In the beginning, all was unison and harmony; full of the same divine light and perfect purity.

  5. All which made it plain to me, that the Lord, by this unison of spirit, had decreed our national preservation; but I kept this in my own breast, lest it might have the effect to relax the vigilance of the kingdom.

  6. There was something in unison with the glorious sounds that reverberated through the chamber, even in the enormous contour of his head and the gray disorder of his hair.

  7. They embody the spirit of his sterile philosophy, and are in unison with the evanescence of his genius.

  8. Grapes of a golden-green relieved by the ruddy-brown of their foliage, clustered in a garland about her temples, and leaped in unison with her movements.

  9. He clearly perceived the only course in which the Roman system could be directed; that it was unfit for, and, indeed, incompatible with science, but might be brought into unison with art.

  10. Such dramas as those I have alluded to, and many others that, if space had permitted, might have been quoted, were in unison with the times.

  11. It is connected with the past, is in unison with the present, and contains the embryo of the future.

  12. If man were only a physical being, all his traits, being determined only by one and the same principle, would be in unison one with the other, and would have a similar expression.

  13. Two unison strings per key and two registers of jacks are provided.

  14. Praetorius also shows a harpsichord[2] that looks like a typical Italian instrument except for the presence of a set of strings tuned an octave above unison pitch, a rare feature on Italian harpsichords.

  15. In early life this is supplied by our youthful companions, who feel in unison with us.

  16. If the two sounding strings give forth a smooth, unwavering tone--a tone that sounds as if it came from one string, the unison is perfect.

  17. You know that practical scale making will permit but two pure intervals (unison and octave), but you have yet to learn the scientific reasons why this is so.

  18. The middle string of this unison is now tuned by its octave below.

  19. The unison being the simplest interval, we shall use it for consideration before taking the more complex intervals into account.

  20. After satisfying yourself by trials or test that the temperament is true, you then remove the continuous mute and proceed to bring the outside strings in unison with the middle one.

  21. The mutes are first placed in the places indicated by the figures 1 and 2, thereby muting first and third strings of the first unison beyond the temperament, which is 3C♯.

  22. Where a unison contains a string of this kind, select some other string by which to tune the interval, and leave the bad string until the last; you may then find difficulty in being able to tell when you have it in unison.

  23. The over-strung bass usually has but two strings to a unison and only one mute is needed.

  24. Bring the string up gradually as before, and when the unison is reached you will hear one single, simple, musical tone, as though it were from a single string.

  25. In fact, you can hardly find a perfect unison in an organ of modern make, much less, a correct temperament.

  26. A defect in the unison being the easiest way in which to detect the beats, we advise that the student practice on it first.

  27. Of those ten hearts which beat so happily in unison with my own, four are stilled!

  28. One was convinced and believed and assented because it was gratifying and delightful to think and feel and believe in unison with an intellect of such evident superiority.

  29. In reply to their address he said: "It is hardly necessary for me on this occasion to declare that my sympathies and impulses in connection with this nefarious rebellion beat in unison with yours.

  30. Services in the churches throughout the land were held in unison with the services at the Executive mansion, and were everywhere attended with exhibition of profound personal grief.

  31. The natural consequence would be in such a case that the torse, being in unison with the livery, was also in unison with the arms.

  32. The eyes of Louise Poindexter sparkled with delight as she listened to opinions so perfectly in unison with her own.

  33. Under the golden light appears a group of objects, but little in unison with the landscape around them: since they betoken the presence of human beings, in a spot where there is no sign of human habitation.

  34. His whole flesh seemed to tremble in unison with the waves which emanated from the machines which Lambert manipulated.

  35. The above details concern the harmony and unison of the crew.

  36. On the unison with which the wrists turn and the hands shoot away depends the unison of the next stroke.

  37. His lank figure and long hair worked in unison with the music which filled the room with a wild tumult of movement.

  38. I, as speaker of this body, entreat you to receive our petition, which contains nothing but what is in unison with the laws of our country and the honor of the king.

  39. The endless diversity of the human will no longer embarrasses its ruler--now there exists one universal good, one universal evil, which he can bring forward or withdraw at pleasure, and which works in unison with himself even when absent.

  40. This unison of a whole predominates in all that remains of him, from the vastness of his cupolas to the smallest of his oil pictures.

  41. Let, then, the voice of their brethren elsewhere, be heard in unison with theirs.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unison" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.