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Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard.—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 She’s got a lot of torch songs in her arsenal, and there is nothing like the LA Phil at its most understated to throw just enough tinder onto her unrequitedness to create a beautiful blaze.—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024 By gracefully expressing Evan’s longing for Zoe and unpacking her fractured relationship with Connor, the torch song fuses these characters’ parallel quests for connection.—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024 A lot of your songs do feel like classic torch songs — but then, a lot of Taylor Swift songs are torch songs, really.—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for torch song
Word History
Etymology
from the phrase to carry a torch for (to be in love)
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