It's a four-four rhythm but it's got a driving triplets. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour of American Popular Song] Reference
Her influence will not be limited to breaking four-four ties. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Page: Sotomayor's Diversity and The Supremes] Reference
And suddenly it becomes a four-four bar, and I never knew that until I wrote it out. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation with Burt Bacharach] Reference
The music was upbeat four-four time, marching tunes from times of battle against the tyrants. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
UPDATE: The item was left on the agenda, and the motion failed on a four-four tie, breaking as you would expect. From Wordnik.com. [BatesLine: April 2005 Archives] Reference
Why play four-four when your rhythm section could try to emulate the sound of a marching band skating on quicksand?. From Wordnik.com. [Man Alive by Everything Everything] Reference
I think his is three-four and I changed it to four-four and, you know, brought in a different - a completely different kind of - a kind of drunken version of it. From Wordnik.com. [Leonard Cohen: Zen And The Art Of Songwriting] Reference
Legal experts are already speculating, if this election ends up in the high court as well, and Rehnquist cannot participate, that could leave the justices split at four-four, Anderson. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2004] Reference
I mean, Stuart Bowen, for example, called them four-four problems. From Wordnik.com. [Mikey Likes It!] Reference
Only two numbers are in other than four-four time -- the prayer and the wedding song. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Wagner Composer of Operas] Reference
Nightspore felt a strong, silent throbbing of the air -- a rhythmical pulsation, in four-four time. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to Arcturus] Reference
Laptop-enabled he played an hour long live set that, again, kept the four-four faithful cruising along. From Wordnik.com. [RA News] Reference
Hello, in four-four time: Arts center advocates join Bayshore in two-day, local music and arts festival. From Wordnik.com. [marconews.com Stories] Reference
O if my Lord would come and meet, in full harmony and four-four time, continuing to the end of the stanza. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Hymns and Tunes] Reference
There was no train from Victoria, he said, between the four-four that Mr. Jevons hadn't come by and the five fifty-two. From Wordnik.com. [The Belfry] Reference
But the balance then between unionists and nationalists (given the first and deputy first minister as well) would be four-four. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
But no, he replied, he couldn't stop for tea: he must catch the four-four back to town: he had a dinner and should only just make it. From Wordnik.com. [Amabel Channice] Reference
OK, HELLOGORGEOUS, your letter arrived on the day I had the distinct pleasure/honor of hanging out with a couple people who just so happen to have four-four!. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
In place of: "two-two time, three-eight time, four-four time," say as above: "This piece is written in two-half measure, three-eighth measure, four-quarter measure.". From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
I think that there used to be a real pride in the progressive message at the Court, and so I think that it's not simply a matter of a court that's four-four with Kennedy in the middle. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Only two numbers are in other than four-four time ” the prayer and the wedding song. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Wagner]
Anyone looking at the lineup could’ve predicted a four-four split with the unpredictable French as a swing vote. From Wordnik.com. [THE SECOND MARK] Reference
(simplified in some tune-books), and the joyful traverse of its notes along the staff in four-four time, with the momentum of a good choir, is exhilarating in the extreme. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Hymns and Tunes] Reference
CARVILLE: It's four-four. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2009] Reference
COOPER: It was actually a four-four (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2009] Reference
If Kilo four-four has identified them as digging and we've got the pax, we've got sufficient clearance to fire. ". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Yon - Online Magazine] Reference
That's from kilo four-four. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Yon - Online Magazine] Reference
(Not four-four time, four-four rhythm, four-four meter.) 16. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
Our band played Lunceford-style with the two beats - ka-boom, ba-boom da-doom boom-ba-do ba-doom - until we heard Count Basie's four-four style. ". From Wordnik.com. [Rochester City Newspaper] Reference
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