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as in poems
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
would you care to read your short lyric aloud?
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as in songs
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
the guitarist sang a gentle lyric while playing
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Recent Examples of lyrics
Brewer & Shipley found success in the late 1960s and early 1970s for their socially conscious lyrics and commentary on the Vietnam War.
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Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Viewers met Samberg as Clementine, who's playing keyboard and crooning his heart out in his apartment to ridiculous lyrics that seem to be about a girl who's — an actual drink?
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This year, Brown signed to XL Recordings, but his first release with the backing of the influential British label is still proudly lo-fi bedroom pop with vivid, elliptical lyrics.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
For a lot of people who grew up in the era of streaming playlists and viral music moments, Cudi’s lyrics became a sort of survival toolkit for navigating emotional turbulence.
—Cat Johnson, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
The lyrics came quite quickly for that song.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Lively and Swift have been close friends since 2015, and the singer even included the names of Lively’s daughters Betty, 5, James, 10, and Inez, 8, in lyrics on her Folklore album.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
As the string instruments begin to play, the star looks around before launching into the lyrics, showing off her vocals.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
The melody was kind of there, but the lyrics were just gibberish.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Viewers met Samberg as Clementine, who's playing keyboard and crooning his heart out in his apartment to ridiculous lyrics that seem to be about a girl who's — an actual drink?
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This year, Brown signed to XL Recordings, but his first release with the backing of the influential British label is still proudly lo-fi bedroom pop with vivid, elliptical lyrics.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
For a lot of people who grew up in the era of streaming playlists and viral music moments, Cudi’s lyrics became a sort of survival toolkit for navigating emotional turbulence.
—Cat Johnson, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
The lyrics came quite quickly for that song.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Lively and Swift have been close friends since 2015, and the singer even included the names of Lively’s daughters Betty, 5, James, 10, and Inez, 8, in lyrics on her Folklore album.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
As the string instruments begin to play, the star looks around before launching into the lyrics, showing off her vocals.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
The melody was kind of there, but the lyrics were just gibberish.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrics
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He's been the subject of poems and stories, movies and songs, invoked as the judge of naughty or nice, the recipient of countless cookies and glasses of milk to sustain him on his journey.Michael Hoge, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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My maternal grandfather, who left school in 1917, could remember hundreds of lines of poems from his school days well into the 1970s.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
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Then there are also so many quintessential pop hits and Top 40 songs that blow it through the roof.Liza Lentini, SPIN, 27 Dec. 2024
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While 143—now titled 1432—and the several singles that were spun off of the project are nowhere to be found on the charts in the United Kingdom at the moment, Perry does appear on multiple rankings in the country that focus only on popular songs.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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The album’s artwork depicts a cartoon version of the messy-haired singer with an angel and devil on each of his shoulders — demonstrating its division of impassioned feel-good love songs and down-tempo ballads of loss and defeat.Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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But there was other live music on board, from rock ballads in the Explorers’ Lounge to upbeat soul and funk tunes, which had everyone dancing in the Torshavn Bar.Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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In 1977, Vandross introduced Anderson to Rodgers and his writing partner Bernard Edwards, who were forming the then-new group, Chic, with Tony Thompson on drums and Norma Jean Wright on lead vocals.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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As the string instruments begin to play, the star looks around before launching into the lyrics, showing off her vocals.Anna Chan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Lyrics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrics. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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