How to Use soft rock in a Sentence

soft rock

noun
  • My mom played all kinds of music from soul to soft rock.
    Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The song is far more intricate than most of the other soft rock anthems of the 1980s.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • The reggae and soft rock even resulted in a drop in blood pressure and stress for the dogs.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • After playing a nice upbeat music mix during the Dodgers time on the field, the playlist turned to a mix of 70s and 80s soft rock.
    Jenny Dial Creech, Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2017
  • On the way, Dr. Kuti plugged his phone into the car’s stereo system and played a playlist of mainly ’90s soft rock songs.
    Eric V. Copage, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Busta’s epic song grew out of a soft rock tune and became one of the great miracles of Nineties hip hop.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2021
  • As the 1970s continued, soft rock reached its golden age.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Yet at the show’s start, the novelty factor was dulled by a pileup of young acts doing soft rock.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The band will perform a blend of 80s, 90s and current covers of rock, soft rock, and best of alternative songs.
    Chris Shelton, Houston Chronicle, 22 June 2020
  • This is listed as an alternative rock, soft rock and pop rock song on Wikipedia.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • The stadium's audio system switched from rap to soft rock for Houston's batters to take their cuts.
    USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Reggae and soft rock music reduced stress, barking habits and heart rates among our furry friends, the research found.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Its radio mix turns it into a jaunty ’70s soft rock jam worthy of Fleetwood Mac.
    Richard S. He, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The title track from the new album by the reliable hitmakers is an unabashed love letter to ‘70s soft rock.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022
  • Desperado flowed nicely, had a virtuso mix of soft rock and country, and this tune, one of their finest.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Her music, too, tightropes the line between glitzy country pop and 1970s California soft rock.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
  • Gunpowder & Sky is in the process of reaching out to iconic soft rock and metal artists to participate in both docuseries.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The free concert, directed by Carl Allison, features pop, country music, soft rock and show tunes from across the decades.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • This new musical based on the film of the same name never quite lifts off, though Paul Scott Goodman’s soft rock pop score has amiable if not memorable moments.
    SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
  • This quintessential soft rock love song could easily be the soundtrack for all romantic movies of the ‘80s and early ‘90s.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This soft rock hit poetically explores young love and the loss of innocence.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The three-part documentary will include new interviews with soft rock artists, as well as archival and performance footage.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Nathaniel was a shy, undersized adolescent who favored soft rock and Motown.
    New York Times, 16 June 2022
  • The soundtrack alone, with its intrusive string of montage-backing soft rock tunes, could shut down less forgiving viewers.
    Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Jack Johnson, beloved by his fans for his chill soft rock acoustic music, is a professional surfer and singer-songwriter from North Shore, Hawaii.
    oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The melody is reminiscent of Seventies and Eighties soft rock, adding to the list of genres that Big Bang has experimented with.
    Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2022
  • In the far distance of the cavernous interior, an emphatic human voice rose above the soft rock and the electronic machine noises.
    John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Watch Clarkson power through Duran Duran’s ’90s-era soft rock hit below.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The chastened new wave fellow traveler joined the group in France in 1981 to record Mirage, the most soft rock of the five Buckingham-Nicks albums, but one with strange, often dangerous eddies.
    Alfred Soto, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The soft rock album was also recognized as one of the first rock albums to feature only synthesizers.
    USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023

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