tunefulness
noun
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Examples of tuneful in a Sentence
some especially tuneful songs have been written for this new animated film
Recent Examples on the Web
All but one of its tracks deal with romantic ups and (mostly) downs, honed into crisp, tuneful pop structures.
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Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The clock is just as rare, gorgeous, and tuneful now as then.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
Looking for a tuneful way to spend Valentine’s Day?
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
More than just play songs, Sonic Youth explored how sound itself could be made to behave, to mesmerize and terrify, in beautiful, horrible-sounding ways, with tuneful music made of uncategorizable noise.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024
Most of his serious concert music was amiable and tuneful, based on themes with an appealing folk-like innocence.
—Allan Kozinn, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
The music ran the gamut from the beguilingly tuneful to the violently experimental.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
The Kennedy Center Honors was a decidedly tuneful affair, with musical talents representing four of its five recipients – vocalists and/or songwriters Dionne Warwick, Renee Fleming, Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb — along with actor/comedian/filmmaker Billy Crystal.
—Paul Harris, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
Aside from a hallucinatory second-act reverie that gives Jones a production high point, waiting for the end times proves less tuneful.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The clock is just as rare, gorgeous, and tuneful now as then.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
Looking for a tuneful way to spend Valentine’s Day?
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
More than just play songs, Sonic Youth explored how sound itself could be made to behave, to mesmerize and terrify, in beautiful, horrible-sounding ways, with tuneful music made of uncategorizable noise.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024
Most of his serious concert music was amiable and tuneful, based on themes with an appealing folk-like innocence.
—Allan Kozinn, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
The music ran the gamut from the beguilingly tuneful to the violently experimental.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
The Kennedy Center Honors was a decidedly tuneful affair, with musical talents representing four of its five recipients – vocalists and/or songwriters Dionne Warwick, Renee Fleming, Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb — along with actor/comedian/filmmaker Billy Crystal.
—Paul Harris, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
Aside from a hallucinatory second-act reverie that gives Jones a production high point, waiting for the end times proves less tuneful.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
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“Tuneful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuneful. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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