ballad

Example Sentences

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She was an unknown artist in 1979, and she wanted to cut a ballad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“I just love a ballad — I can’t help it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

“I was desperate for something up-tempo,” she says, given that virtually everything she’d dropped so far had been a ballad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Even romantic ballad Coming Up Roses ends with a sense of unease.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

He hesitated for a moment, wondering how best to embark on what he wanted to say; as he marshaled his thoughts, Celestina Warbeck began a ballad called “You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling