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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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There has been less research into the link between the stomach’s inherent rhythmic activity and mental well-being.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Aug. 2025
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Kind of like the Olympics’ team rhythmic gymnastics but with better throwing and balancing stunts.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Jeanette Winterson, The Passion Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this lyrical novel follows a French soldier who cooks for Napoleon and a Venetian woman who steals hearts—sometimes literally.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Despite the lyrical intensity, Offset is fine with the aftermath of it all.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Wales, meanwhile, sings in slate and soul—its valleys dotted with woolly sheep and echoed by the lilting notes of male voice choirs drifting from chapel doors.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Director Noelle Marion keeps the laughs flowing in this lilting production, which is well-cast, nicely sung and stunningly costumed by Elisa Benzoni.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Irrational violence and lyric visions erupt in lacerating, supremely elegant prose that’s also genuinely funny at times.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Starting with singer Michael Hutchence, all the band members held up and subsequently dropped lyric cards in sequence.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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His own timbre of a voice mixes well with his multiple harmonic partners and the various goofy turns he is tasked with implementing.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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Offerings range from massages and facials to sound meditation, a restorative practice that uses harmonic frequencies to quiet the mind and support nervous system regulation.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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On orchestral tracks, like the opening scene from John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the drivers offer strong low-frequency response in ULT 1 mode and absurdly bass-heavy response in ULT 2 mode.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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And there’ll be a two-CD set that includes a mixture of the orchestral versions, demos, rarities, and remixes featured on the Anthology vinyl edition.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Birdbaths are hotspots for transmission between prey species, especially in hot summer months when the water is more appealing.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Others court employees with improved amenities and greater schedule autonomy, aiming to make office time more appealing than mandatory.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Byrd is the word: Revel in the polyphonic glories of William Byrd, perhaps the greatest and certainly most influential of all the English Renaissance composers, in a setting that surely would have felt home to him, as a composer of sacred songs.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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The end result is a polyphonic spree of subcontinental flavors.—
Jordan Michelman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 July 2025
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“Songful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songful. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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