ballad
Example Sentences
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His debut single, Sign Of The Times, was a ponderous and needlessly long ballad that entered the charts at number one purely on the basis of Styles' celebrity.
From BBC
Mr. Bryan’s stock-in-trade is the downcast ballad that seems to be recalled during a late night after a few drinks and with the TV flickering somewhere in the background.
"I wrote this for you," he said in Italian, before launching into a moving instrumental ballad that he had written especially for the occasion.
From BBC
“I used to come here even if I didn’t quite have anything to do,” says the Grammy-winning singer and songwriter known for his romantic ballads and bluesy guitar heroics.
From Los Angeles Times
Reflecting that structure, many of the songs are solos, often introspective ballads, with varying, more upbeat collective numbers set mostly at Auggie’s school.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
