wordless
Example Sentences
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The wordless vocal refrain bears a resemblance to Leo Sayer’s 1976 hit “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” and that’s one catchy hook alongside several others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Then, when The Blind Man realizes that the rumored “Spirit of the Forest” is, in fact, this wounded, wordless being seeking nothing more than company, his reaction is not terror but tenderness.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
Its beat is a mix of drum machines, sequenced electronics and an acoustic kit, as tricky cymbal flourishes and field recordings of wordless voices echo somewhere in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
It includes a wordless soprano in tribute to Nellie Melba, the Australian soprano.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
It made him open his mouth wide in wordless anguish.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
