lilt

Example Sentences

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He speaks with the same measured warmth as ever — that deep, lilting rumble that can shift from conspiratorial murmur to amused growl in a heartbeat — but he sometimes loses a name mid-thought.

From Los Angeles Times

Inside, an entire wall was taken up by a mural that Orozco commissioned a friend to paint, while popular Spanish songs lilted gently from a large TV.

From Los Angeles Times

“Oh, my God, I can’t even tell you what I’m feeling,” she says, the lilt of her Australian accent coming through.

From Los Angeles Times

On Sapphire - the album's best song - he enlists Indian superstar Arjit Singh for a duet, trading vocals in a mixture of English, Hindi and Punjabi over a lilting beat.

From BBC

Reflecting his heritage, the music is full of Afrobeat rhythms, log drums, spiritual mantras and lilting guitar lines.

From BBC