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Recent Examples of songful
In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
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Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
—Dallas News, 25 June 2022
The pair also easily handled virtuosic bursts, and elegantly unspooled songful melodies.
—Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2022
The violins occasionally share songful duets suggesting early vocal music, which Adams also cited as an influence.
—Dallas News, 4 June 2022
Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
Singing karaoke is one of China’s most popular pastimes among the songful and tone-deaf alike.
—Yang Jie, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
This is Mahler at his most songful and least angst-ridden.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Lively passages blazed in the second movement, which also featured songful melodies in the violins.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2021
Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
—Dallas News, 25 June 2022
The pair also easily handled virtuosic bursts, and elegantly unspooled songful melodies.
—Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2022
The violins occasionally share songful duets suggesting early vocal music, which Adams also cited as an influence.
—Dallas News, 4 June 2022
Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
Singing karaoke is one of China’s most popular pastimes among the songful and tone-deaf alike.
—Yang Jie, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
This is Mahler at his most songful and least angst-ridden.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Lively passages blazed in the second movement, which also featured songful melodies in the violins.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for songful
Adjective
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To aid absorption of the magnesium oil, prepare the skin with gentle dry bushing to promote circulation, then rub the magnesium oil into the legs using firm, upwards strokes, moving from the feet and ankles with deep, rhythmic movements upward to the thighs.—
Valentina Bottoni,
Vogue,
29 May 2025
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Alcaraz and his team know this better than anyone, which is why the Spaniard, 22, came to this year’s Australian Open with a new, more rhythmic service motion.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Joel Alfonso Vargas brings raw authenticity and lyrical vision to a coming-of-age story that pulses with life and urgency.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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Soth, who is based in Minneapolis, is best known for his large-format photography that blends documentary realism with lyrical storytelling.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Its lilting melody leads the listener by the band straight into the fist-pumping chorus, which simply repeats the title multiple times — with the exclamation mark included.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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Accompanied by a small string section and a few backup singers, Day’s lilting vocals echoed throughout the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live for her affecting cover.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Filled with fierce lyric tenderness and clear-eyed commitment to revolutionary aesthetic, Terror Counter devoted to the redemption of the self from a world ready to usurp this resistance.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Apple also doubled down on games, added new features, including lyric translation to Apple Music, and introduced new options for its Vision Pro headset, among other things.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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For starters, there weren’t a lot of participants and thus few stirring harmonic intersections in the walking part of the piece.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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Similarly, when accomplished jazz musicians collaborate with generative AI to compose new pieces, the algorithm's vast knowledge of harmonic possibilities, combined with the musician's emotional intuition, creates symphonies beyond what either could achieve independently.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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The Argentine musician was among the first to apply a broad range of musical ideas to film and TV scores, from jazz and rock to more modern and complex techniques of orchestral writing.—
Jon Burlingame,
Variety,
26 June 2025
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In Los Angeles, after the dancers, the Hollywood Philharmonic took the stage for orchestral takes of some of the group’s hits.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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When cut thin, red onion delivers an appealing flavor without bitterness.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
28 June 2025
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The natural chemistry between the two appealing lead actors makes their disagreements as believable as the magnetic force that keeps coaxing them to give it another try.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The album is almost entirely instrumental, featuring a polyphonic blend of percussion, strings, keyboards, synths, and woodwinds, with André’s flute driving the downbeat.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Walter, whose polyphonic sensibility first charmed me in Beautiful Ruins, has here made something salty, sinewy, and satisfying from fairly tough material.—
Emily Temple
May 27,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2025
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“Songful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songful. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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