lilt

With a soft northern lilt and easygoing style, Burnham comes across far more likable or relatable than any British leader since Boris Johnson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

I had just begun to lilt toward sleep when my phone buzzed.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Australian is also uniquely incompatible with the American lilt, she said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

“I felt a connection with Sandro immediately,” she says in her straightforward Georgia lilt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

Father Amadi asked, a teasing lilt in his voice.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

With that, “Hacks” goes out on a Seinfeldian high note, cutting to Deborah and Ava happily strolling the Vegas strip on a sun-soaked day as a Barbra Streisand-Judy Garland duet lilts behind them.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

“Life’s so fun, life’s so fun,” Gavin lilts on “Silk Chiffon,” which features Phoebe Bridgers and has caromed across TikTok, soundtracking cookie dough tutorials, hangovers and odes to crushes.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

Yet it is acting for animation that isolates the wonders of Schaal’s voice — an instrument that lilts and rises and motors with a warm kinetic tickle.

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2022

In a career spanning four decades, Washington instructed actors to speak not just in national dialects but also in regional and local lilts, even historical ones.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021

He doesn’t talk, he lilts, his words taking to the air like birds.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson