songlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for songlike
Adjective
  • After a moment of calibration, the machine naturally transitions into a rhythmic gait.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
  • The album features a rich combination of string instruments — Noah Leong on viola, Claudius Agrippa on violin, and Noam Tanzer on bass — all grounded by the rhythmic pulse of Ransom McCafferty on drums.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Many of the world’s biggest rap stars no longer value lyrical supremacy, and the artists who covet their pen can’t capture the world’s attention like Drake and Lamar’s beef did.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Jia’s films all have that element, but this one seems both angrier and more lyrical than some of his work, somehow at the same time.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The song has been streamed on Spotify more than 62 million times, drawn more than 50 million views for its two lyric videos on YouTube, and featured in more than 43,000 TikToks and Instagram reels collectively.
    Eda Uysen, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2025
  • Investigators also found handwritten notes and lyric sheets created by Eminem.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 25 June 2022
Adjective
  • The soundtrack is filled with a lilting piano and birdsong; the cameras sweep over the rolling hills and lush greenery.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The film and her lilting performance in it show how grief can coexist with a kind of grace — a peace with the unknowability of what lies beyond.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • By using these recycled devices—including pulse oximeters, harmonic scalpels and EP catheters—health systems across the globe reduced CO2 emissions by 115,382,133 pounds last year.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Everybody in the band understands what the harmonic structure of each tune is, what the chords are, the melody and dynamic of the song.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On orchestral tracks, like the opening scene from John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the natural frequency response makes for bright brass instruments and smooth strings.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
  • Also Debuts Sinners doesn’t feature a typical orchestral score, like many films, but rather one built around blues music, which is appropriate for the story.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Adjective
  • In turn, her fiction felt lively and polyphonic.
    Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Songlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songlike. Accessed 16 May. 2025.

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