ballad
Example Sentences
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Her ballad quickly shifts into a galloping tribute.
Single “Fine Line” is an introspective, beatless ballad with the lyric “Am I bigger than Jesus/Or better off dead?/There’s a fine line between genius and crazy.”
From Seattle Times
The "contrast principle" says a fast, fun song will stand out more after several slow ballads.
From BBC
As an example he points to “Let Only Love Remain,” a strummy, blissed-out ballad in which he describes a breakup as a kind of necessary evolution of an indelible connection between two people.
From Los Angeles Times
Armenia's Brunette was next up with Future Lover - a yearning ballad, about a lover she has yet to meet.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
