Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lilted
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The 20-year-old crooned the melancholic record backed solely by a solemn piano melody.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jan. 2026 -
On a cool December evening as raindrops polka-dotted the pavement, longtime street performer Onunze Ubaka, 72, crooned Motown classics to a virtually empty corner off the usually busy Jackson Square in the French Quarter.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Back then, gaming gear meant a sticky controller with a frayed wire and a TV that hummed louder than the game itself.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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Traffic hummed along the avenue, and machinery whirred at the tire shop.—
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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During her performance, Bell trilled through possible name changes for actors.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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Cornyn has defended the bipartisan gun law, has chided Hunt over missing votes in Washington and relentlessly trolled Paxton over his divorce, allegations of infidelity and issues surrounding his impeachment.—
Gromer Jeffers Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Charania recently reported that Antetokounmpo was in blockbuster trade talks; the Milwaukee Bucks then trolled ESPN’s insider after the trade deadline.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Lilted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lilted. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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