Examples of torch song in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Perhaps more than any other song on her debut, the intimate torch song puts the then-20-year-old newcomer’s vocal prowess on full display. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "The 100 Greatest Mariah Carey Songs: Staff Picks," 5 Oct. 2020 Four bars later, Debussy falls back on a stark E-minor chord that has a vaguely medieval quality, as if this torch song of the future were being performed in a cold room in an ancient castle. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, "Víkingur Ólafsson, Liza Lim, and a Surge of Streaming in Quarantine," 27 Apr. 2020 He's recorded two albums as Conchita Wurst, both collections of sweeping pop and orchestral torch songs reminiscent of Shirley Bassey and Neuwirth's idol, Celine Dion. — John Russell, Billboard, "Conchita Wurst on the Importance of Stonewall to Europe and Feeling 'Recharged' After Pride," 2 July 2019 Her vocals are low and performed in the ‘50s and ‘60s crooner style on several songs, giving them a torch song vibe that is rarely heard in pop today but would be familiar to fans of Julie London, Peggy Lee, or Shirley Horn. — Courtney E. Smith, refinery29.com, "Taylor Swift Knows Lover Is All You Need," 24 Aug. 2019 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1970 rock opera about the last days of the Messiah's life was nominated for five Tony Awards and spawned a top 40 hit in I Don't Know How to Love Him, Mary Magdalene's torch song. — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "NBC brings back 'Jesus Christ Superstar' for John Legend's live musical," 29 Mar. 2018 On this bleak torch song from Dangerous Woman, Gray plays Grande’s conscience, begging her to walk away from a toxic lover. — Richard S. He, Billboard, "Every Ariana Grande Song, Ranked," 27 Apr. 2018 Any song, in her voice, turns into a torch song — mature, elegant, restrained, swollen with pathos — made for candlelit stages and a body splayed across a piano, like Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys, except vocally talented. — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, "Jorja Smith Hopes She Isn’t Boring You," 7 June 2018 Adele deconstructs the 1989 Cure classic and turns it into a Latin-tinged torch song. — Chuck Arnold, Billboard, "Every Adele Song Ranked: Critic's Picks," 4 May 2018

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