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
The penultimate track, “Paint by Numbers,” an acoustic ballad with a pretty melody, is a rare aesthetic change-up on the record, but its titular metaphor is ultimately deflating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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
A new ballad begins, and the words drift up to me.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
