How to Use lyrical in a Sentence

lyrical

adjective

• She is noted for her lyrical moviemaking style.
• In a group, the saxophone takes plays the lyrical part of the song.
  — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Stage is a writer with a gift for the lyrical and the frightening.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• Chappell’s own sun sign Pisces gets the lyrical shout-out in the song, but just check out the aesthetic.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 June 2024
• James closed the song with his verse, each new line reversing the rhyme scheme of the last, words folding in and out like a lyrical Möbius strip . . .
  — Dan Charnas, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2022
• The words are poetic and lyrical, the music a tender mix of melancholy and hope at the same time.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2022
• Davis ends her collection with a lyrical work of prose.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Much of what the narrator says is at once lyrical and astute.
  — Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 23 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Keep it short and sweet with an adorable emoji or long and lyrical with all the hashtags that can fit — the caption choice is yours.
  — Seventeen, 14 Apr. 2022
• Every page is filled with lyrical text and fluid art by Doug Salati.
  — Laura Denby, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
• There is great lyrical chemistry and fervor in their raps.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Aug. 2024
• The song, McKenna says, may also be a first step toward new lyrical themes.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• In fact, the lyrical backbone of the song comes straight from their relationship.
  — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• There is extensive footage like this in Get Back, sparks of ideas that lead to the kneading of melodic and lyrical dough.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2021
• 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 phrases are so lyrical as to sing along to, yet so majestic as to look upward at them.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
• Across your 40-plus albums, is there an arc, a driving lyrical force?
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 13 Nov. 2021
• 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
• Kendrick has become the flag bearer for lyrical rap, a master of a dying art form.
  — Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
• The track stems from Subsidia Dawn: Vol. 2, which features melodic and lyrical bass tracks.
  — Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Here are three that were fittingly lyrical, flammable, and — at times — very funny.
  — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• His soulful foundation, lyrical prowess, emotive disposition, and willingness to be raw and imperfect shine across the just under 11-minute EP.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Sep. 2024
• Kathryn Bigelow, 1987) Kathryn Bigelow made her solo feature directorial debut with this one-of-a-kind nightmare, a lyrical and bloody powerhouse of a movie that reinvents vampire mythology by fusing it with the traditions of the Western.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024