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as in poems
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
would you care to read your short lyric aloud?
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as in songs
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
the guitarist sang a gentle lyric while playing
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Recent Examples of lyrics
The creatives focused on being true to the concepts and emotion of the songs rather than direct translations of the lyrics.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
His lyrics detail a process of active healing, gesturing at a contentedness that beds in as your 20 begin to wane.
—Liam Inscoe-Jones, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
Direction by Michael Arden, book and lyrics by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Aronson.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
All that has shaped him — people, cultures, histories, dust devils, and panoramic desert vistas — is inseparable from his lyrics and his sounds.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
According to Apple, this will apply to four different categories, including a track’s sound recording, composition (including lyrics), artwork, and music video.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
Souza, a Grammy Award-winner with 15 solo albums to her credit, soars with equal ease whether singing heartfelt lyrics or wordless melodies.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Gomez reflected on how time has changed those lyrics.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
According to Ballmann, research shows that music pulls your attention away from your body sensations and toward the lyrics, vocals, and instrumental sounds.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
His lyrics detail a process of active healing, gesturing at a contentedness that beds in as your 20 begin to wane.
—Liam Inscoe-Jones, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
Direction by Michael Arden, book and lyrics by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Aronson.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
All that has shaped him — people, cultures, histories, dust devils, and panoramic desert vistas — is inseparable from his lyrics and his sounds.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
According to Apple, this will apply to four different categories, including a track’s sound recording, composition (including lyrics), artwork, and music video.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
Souza, a Grammy Award-winner with 15 solo albums to her credit, soars with equal ease whether singing heartfelt lyrics or wordless melodies.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Gomez reflected on how time has changed those lyrics.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
According to Ballmann, research shows that music pulls your attention away from your body sensations and toward the lyrics, vocals, and instrumental sounds.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrics
Noun
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Over the years, more than 11,000 inscriptions have been found across the city, ranging from political commentary and love declarations to sporting slogans, jokes, and poems.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Across Pompeii, over 11,000 inscriptions have been found, including political commentary, love declarations, sporting slogans, jokes, and poems — the graffiti of its time, almost like an ancient Reddit board.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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The creatives focused on being true to the concepts and emotion of the songs rather than direct translations of the lyrics.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Nine of his songs have landed on the Billboard Hot 100 — an impressive feat for any regional Mexican artist.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026
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And the violent scenes aren’t grotesque or didactic — think of Miles’ muted trumpet sound reconfigured as resurrection visuals, of his ability to play and stage ballads so well that their uptempo momentum moves into territories too macabre to mute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Within hours of El Mencho’s death there were already ballads, known as narcocorridos, written about his killing.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Yet Fedi pushed her to cut the tune live with just her on vocals and Pollack on piano.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Producer Kid Harpoon uses Disco’s busy drums (often from Tom Skinner of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s the Smile) to meet pinging bass and melodic elements that systematically stack underneath Styles’s vocals.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Accompanied by ringing bells, ethereal music and chanting hymns, the priests gracefully moved their arms in unison, holding up various flaming brass lamps during the 45-minute serene and powerful ritual.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Lyrics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrics. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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