How to Use lyrical in a Sentence

lyrical

adjective

• She is noted for her lyrical moviemaking style.
• The DJs would force you to step up your lyrical game: The beats were vicious, so your flow had to be funky.
  — Big Boi With Ted Scheinman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
• Davis ends her collection with a lyrical work of prose.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Those wanting to add something lyrical to their wardrobes can shop the capsule of one-off pieces at the Forte-Forte shop in Paris.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
• Every page is filled with lyrical text and fluid art by Doug Salati.
  — Laura Denby, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
• The song, McKenna says, may also be a first step toward new lyrical themes.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• That’s not a bad approach to some movies too, this stunningly lyrical dust-to-dust epic not least among them.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• The music rises up the white walls and out through the latticework near the roof – lyrical, looping melodies filled out by warm bass notes.
  — Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2023
• Your lyrical style is very heartfelt and straightforward, but kind of vague.
  — Greg Gilman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022
• In fact, says Kerr, the genius of those songs is their lyrical simplicity.
  — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2022
• The immense lyrical talent on URL’s roster has been key to its success.
  — Ben Barzilai Christopher Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• And all eight scores bloom in the last act with a surge of lyrical, rhapsodic revelation.
  — Tim Greiving, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• Then, there’s an old-school, lyrical, jazz chord-y project at the same time – like the original Black Eyed Peas formation.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 July 2023
• Sarah Brinton narrates her story, bit by bit, in a spare, lyrical tone.
  — Diane Cole, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• Yet the music of it, the lyrical wistful sound of it, is profoundly romantic.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
• Like the book, the show portrays Billy's hostility to Daisy, who arrives in the studio with lyrical changes to his song.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
• This whole scheme is laid out in a voice that belongs only to Adjei-Brenyah, who bends the lurid into the lyrical — pretty words about hideous deeds.
  — Giri Nathan, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Like the book itself, Origin has its share of detours, lyrical asides, big steps backward, and offbeat arias.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2024
• Powered by a trap-like beat, the Puerto Rican singer and rapper uses his lyrical prowess to win a girl over.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2023
• The transitions between the two are seamless and quick, and initially jarring, as the video toggles back and forth in time with their lyrical trade.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
• The pop star continued the song with no additional lyrical changes.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2023
• These are lyrical melodies, so Beyoncé sneaks a lot of quick words into every line to get her point across, Glass says.
  — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• Beck kicks off each episode with a lyrical interlude from her own life, and her guest writer reads the literary treatment.
  — Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
• The film is rife with visually lyrical moments that connect viewers with the young ones’ sorrows, fears, insights and hopes.
  — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
• In the film’s most lyrical image, Seydou attempts to help an older woman who has fallen.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
• Music that bleeds with the apocalyptic collisions of bounce beat-era go-go and the lyrical belligerence of drill.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
• Damien Scott: Social media has also played a big part in moving rap away from lyrical sparring.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
• And for those reading the tea leaves, yes, Swift and Kelce were spotted together after the game, driving around in a convertible with the top down – a Taylor lyrical match.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 25 Sep. 2023
• Like her prints of turbulent oceans and swirling skies, Carolee Jakes’s renderings of the stars are lyrical and subjective.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• And, as a reminder that not every lyrical turn of phrase in this town is belted out, the over-30-year-old Southern Festival of Books takes place in October.
  — Katrina Brown Hunt, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024