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Example Sentences
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As Young's anthem Messy blew up as a massive global hit over the past 18 months, for her, a messy lifestyle wasn't just the stuff of song lyrics.
From BBC
The creatives focused on being true to the concepts and emotion of the songs rather than direct translations of the lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times
It's an odd mismatch, fed by the star's lyrics, which find him in an unsettled state of mind.
From BBC
Such references are nowhere to be found on “The Romantic,” a record where almost every element save a handful of lyrics points to music released decades ago.
One activity was to teach them John Denver’s song “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” but with the lyrics adapted to “‘Living on a Jet Plane,’” as Ms. Nichter recounts, “to reflect our situation.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.