as in song
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
a haunting ballad about lost love and loneliness
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Recent Examples of ballad
Popular ballads chronicle the exploits of kingpins.
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Antón Barba-Kay, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2025
Example: Groff tells Scherzinger her long notes in ballads leave seats wet, requiring a mop and bucket.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The pair then sings the heartfelt ballad together as Sheeran plays guitar.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
Anyone who has spent time online recently has likely come across Ordinary, the ballad by Alex Warren that has been soundtracking romantic videos and emotional content everywhere.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Antón Barba-Kay, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2025
Example: Groff tells Scherzinger her long notes in ballads leave seats wet, requiring a mop and bucket.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The pair then sings the heartfelt ballad together as Sheeran plays guitar.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
Anyone who has spent time online recently has likely come across Ordinary, the ballad by Alex Warren that has been soundtracking romantic videos and emotional content everywhere.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballad
Noun
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Their roster features major players from both genres scenes, including Knocked Loose, State Champs, Less Than Jake, Senses Fail, and The Story So Far, who are named after a classic New Found Glory song.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2025
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The song incorporates music, spoken word, clips of a Vietnamese woman crying out for her son, and the sound of air raid sirens.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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Listen a little more closely, however, and the lyrics often veer toward tales of dystopia and doomed love and mortality.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
29 Apr. 2025
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Timmy Xu contributed to the lyrics, while all band members collaborated on arrangements, resulting in a powerful synergy of creativity.—
Billboard China,
Billboard,
28 Apr. 2025
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Next to Margaret, one of the two angels holds a book of song, once thought to be a hymn by the English composer Walter Frye but now identified as musical gibberish.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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This week’s crop of new music finds Luke Combs and Bailey Zimmerman pairing up on a hard-charging anthem about grit and determination.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
5 May 2025
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At the Big Ass Stadium Tour kick off, Post Malone and Jelly Roll kept the anthems and beer flowing for 3 ½ hours at Rice-Eccles Stadium on April 29.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The way that Teddy Sinclair wrote the words to those vocals is just unbelievable.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
5 May 2025
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By then, Berry was already British-comedy famous, hence Peter Serafinowicz supplying guest vocals.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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By debuting her youngest daughter Rumi with a sweet lullaby about watching your children grow, Bey is allowing her kids to create their own paths, but never too far from mom.—
Yolanda Machado,
EW.com,
1 May 2025
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The haunting lullaby was written by Weber, a poet who served as a pediatric nurse in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in the present-day Czech Republic.—
Olivia Hampton,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Ballad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballad. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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