How to Use troubadour in a Sentence

troubadour

noun
  • And Gilmore predicts a return to the studio will be in store for the two troubadours.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2018
  • But what makes this 59-year-old troubadour stand out are his best lyrics.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
  • If the curtain does rise here in L.A. this fall, at least our troubadour — thanks to Barcelona — will not be rusty.
    James C. Taylor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The north-of-the-border troubadour has been a long time gone; his Wednesday date is part of his first US tour in eight years.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The three troubadours first famously shared the stage at the first Farm Aid benefit concert in 1985.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • That Grohl isn't thought of as an artist who reinvents himself or a troubadour isn't a knock on him.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Java Joe’s, the then-budding teen troubadour was hired as a barista.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • None of those aforementioned songs climbed as high as the top 3 on the Hot 100, though; the next time this club of troubadours meets up for brunch, Capaldi is buying.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2019
  • These two true troubadours may be among the best songwriters in music, regardless of genre.
    Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Marlon has the charisma of an old school rock front man and the soulful lyrics of a Seventies troubadour.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021
  • The character of Jeff is a failed L.A. songwriter, a troubadour that didn’t make it.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There were plenty of singer-songwriters, but no two troubadours sounded alike.
    Terence Cawley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2019
  • The red-bearded troubadour lives on a farm in rural Virginia.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • But the history of Laurel Canyon dates back much farther than aging troubadours.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
  • This isn’t a romantic tale of a restless troubadour riding the rails, though.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Apple first rose to fame as a troubadour of sad songs gilded with rage, her voice burning with emotion.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Even though 91-year-old troubadour Ramblin’ Jack Elliott didn’t feel like getting out of bed this morning, there was a gig to play.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Seals did not travel the standard route to strumming troubadour.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2022
  • The passing of the Texas troubadour in late October brought tributes from across musical genres, but the best is the two-hour livestream from Snider.
    Staff Reports Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Grimes and his wife are devotees of Canadian prairie troubadour Colter Wall.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2022
  • But this time, the candidate wasn’t praising the Garden State troubadour.
    Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
  • As for what this 20th-century troubadour would sing, well, that was Dylan’s job.
    Adam Langer, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • What results may remind some of a fellow Irish troubadour named Van.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The city created a park with a bronze sculpture of a troubadour anchoring a street corner.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
  • For now, the 87-year-old Texas troubadour prefers to share his feelings through music and on stage, which was taken from him in March after the pandemic struck the country.
    Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • It’s a pounding pop number, and a major shift from Sheeran’s troubadour style.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 18 June 2021
  • The idea for a city troubadour came from John Q. Gale, the assistant majority leader of the council.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • At 32, the ruddy-cheeked troubadour turned chart-topping star has reached a reflective phase in his career.
    Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • A few feet away stands a troubadour with his mandolin, both sculpted using flowers.
    Jay Jones, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • The label was a godsend for the city’s niche folk troubadours who, after chasing their eggs-in-moonshine dreams out to Denver, may have otherwise gone unsigned.
    Dylan Owens, The Know, 12 May 2017

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