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Recent Examples of songful
In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
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Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
—Dallas News, 25 June 2022
The pair also easily handled virtuosic bursts, and elegantly unspooled songful melodies.
—Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2022
The violins occasionally share songful duets suggesting early vocal music, which Adams also cited as an influence.
—Dallas News, 4 June 2022
Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
Singing karaoke is one of China’s most popular pastimes among the songful and tone-deaf alike.
—Yang Jie, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
This is Mahler at his most songful and least angst-ridden.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Lively passages blazed in the second movement, which also featured songful melodies in the violins.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2021
Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
—Dallas News, 25 June 2022
The pair also easily handled virtuosic bursts, and elegantly unspooled songful melodies.
—Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2022
The violins occasionally share songful duets suggesting early vocal music, which Adams also cited as an influence.
—Dallas News, 4 June 2022
Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
Singing karaoke is one of China’s most popular pastimes among the songful and tone-deaf alike.
—Yang Jie, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
This is Mahler at his most songful and least angst-ridden.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Lively passages blazed in the second movement, which also featured songful melodies in the violins.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for songful
Adjective
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Then the crickets become a new rhythmic feint, arranged for trap rhythm, and then another bass line blows up the landscape.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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If the rhythmic releases of norepinephrine correlate with the arrival of a larger tracer at a sensor on the brain’s surface, that would be a fascinating finding.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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The outlet unveiled its definitive ranking on Monday (April 7), placing Minaj at the top spot based on a comprehensive set of criteria, including chart performance, cultural impact, lyrical skill, longevity, and flow.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The lyrical content of Vernon’s records have long been marked with a tinge of turmoil, and his tendency towards heavy introspection has, at times, cornered him into a trope of a melancholy, lovesick songwriter.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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The film and her lilting performance in it show how grief can coexist with a kind of grace — a peace with the unknowability of what lies beyond.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Strong breezes have come with another day of drizzle, a chaotic and lilting series of gusts that have required extra effort with every flap of her transparent wings and every maneuver through the vegetation.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Moreover, the combination of the specific chord progression in the melody paired with the verbatim hook was a greater than 50% clone of Vance’s original work, in both lyric choice and chord expressions.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Doja Rat stated that Strange claimed to have over 300 songs and handwritten lyric sheets.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then there was Freeman, daringly traipsing around their harmonic fringes in hard-rocking, blazing solos.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Budgerigars are both impressive vocal mimics and also have complex vocalizations called warbles that are a mix of noisy and harmonic calls.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But in spite of the musical excellence of the orchestra’s guest and substitute musicians, Thursday’s CSO highlighted the challenges of becoming an orchestral revolving door, with Canellakis’ former ensemble often struggling to find a unified voice.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Ryan: Who composed the strings and more orchestral flourishes?—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Vara is an appealing narrator—smart, funny, honest, and a little neurotic.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Kosky, more than most directors, is sensitive to its polyphonic structure in his staging, which moves around, repeats and trims material throughout to make the show move briskly and with a light hand, allowing the subtext its slithering grace.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Songful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songful. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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