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Adjective
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Her grinding against the moss is as rhythmic as the beat of a metronome.—
Agnieszka Szpila,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Each rhythmic stop-and-start, each peel of feedback is imbued with the sense that the band might fully crumble into noise and dissonance.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Olusanya is a poet, filmmaker and photographer who tells intimate stories blending lyrical writing with cinematic visuals.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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Assadi’s writing is excellent – the kind that is often described as ‘lyrical’ or ‘haunting’.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The music video clip, as well as the lyric video, feature photos of McCartney in his younger years, including some with Lennon.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The company has also rolled out machine-learning tools such as lyric translation and pronunciation features.—
Trevor Laurence Jockims,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.—
Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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The track is one of the shortest on the EP but the most concise, composed simply of guitar, strings, Tems’ lilting falsetto, and sparse backing vocals.—
Nelson C.J,
Rolling Stone,
21 Nov. 2025
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The second violins introduce the second movement with a soft, lilting quality, creating music that’s elegant and musically complex.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The first AirPods Max was lauded for its great sound with the company's in-house 40-mm driver designed for exceptionally low harmonic distortion.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Mar. 2026
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These modes are referred to as a damped harmonic oscillator.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Pemberton didn’t want the score to feel especially traditional or even particularly Earth-bound, which meant steering clear of the tropes of both orchestral and electronic music.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Orchestra San Antonio started presenting its own orchestral concerts one year ago with a performance featuring trumpeter Pacho Flores.—
Deborah Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The choral elements on the record shine most vividly on the title track, which features polyphonic swells of voices humming melodies, overtaking the piano, dropping and then rising again.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Songlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songlike. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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