songful
Example Sentences
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Harper moved to New York in 1966, when he was 23, and began turning heads with the piercing and songful cry of his saxophone.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
Mr. Peacock’s “raw charisma and fiery temperament could almost match Ayler in songful intensity,” pianist Ethan Iverson wrote in Jazz Times magazine in April.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2020
The jaunty, songful theme that opens the movie sets a mood that Caine catches breezily—even if the character of Alfie himself is sordid and sleazy in a way that the music doesn’t at all imply.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2017
In these players’ hands, we were given the structural underpinnings of the piece as well as the songful tunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2016
When in the morning you open your eyes, I shall leave you to a world a-hum with bees, and songful with birds.
From The Fugitive by Rabindranath Tagore
