lilting
Example Sentences
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So it was quite something to witness velvet-clad Catalan pipers, sashaying down Barcelona's main boulevards, their medieval tunes intermingling with lilting music that accompanied flocks of brightly dressed Chinese performers.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It glides by smoothly, and Ms. Mann’s lilting, melancholy songs are hypnotically lovely, but the characters’ anguish and psychological distress are only faintly sketched in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Reflecting his heritage, the music is full of Afrobeat rhythms, log drums, spiritual mantras and lilting guitar lines.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Jackie sought the support of her father, Roberto, who immigrated to the United States from Guadalajara in his 20s, with the conception and creation of the lilting terracotta and rebar sculpture.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
With a couple of lilting strides, I join Bando.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Vocabulary lists containing lilting
The Devil's Arithmetic
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