lilt

Example Sentences

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Jareth peeks at her from between the masked dancers whirling around her, hiding and seeking, smiling gently, for once, as “As the World Falls Down” lilts behind the action.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

“Good work, Mrs. Warne,” came a man’s voice, thick with a Scottish lilt.

From Literature

Fun fact: In concert, she reproduces the lilting whistled interlude to perfection.

From Los Angeles Times

At the same time, there is a sort of Shakespearean lilt to much of of it; many lines, in my random examination, resolve into iambic pentameter.

From Los Angeles Times