lilting
Example Sentences
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Mr. Hedges invents a lilting melody for “Pinto,” a lyric that had been collected by Lomax, and has honored accordion player Josh Baca take the lead on the Mexican-tinged sound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Fun fact: In concert, she reproduces the lilting whistled interlude to perfection.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Colombian star Karol G won won song of the year for Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido, a lilting love song with a Merengue flavour, from her blockbuster fifth album Tropicoqueta.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
But it was her TV ads for orange juice—featuring her own children, a cartoon bird, and a lilting jingle about the “Florida sunshine tree”—that made her the nation’s leading avatar for white-bread American wholesomeness.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025
“I do not understand everything. I am still unwell,” I said, hearing the contrast between my rough, foreign accent and her lilting, native one.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing lilting
The Devil's Arithmetic
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"American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer
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