torch song

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Recent Examples of torch song Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 She’s got a lot of torch songs in her arsenal, and there is nothing like the LA Phil at its most understated to throw just enough tinder onto her unrequitedness to create a beautiful blaze. Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024 By gracefully expressing Evan’s longing for Zoe and unpacking her fractured relationship with Connor, the torch song fuses these characters’ parallel quests for connection. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024 In the ensuing decades, O’Connor continued to produce albums, calling on many different styles, including punk, rap, rasta, hip-hop, torch songs, Tin Pan Alley standards, and Disney showtunes. Daphne Merkin, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for torch song
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Noun
  • Boyle is a great example of what Carthy was talking about, the originator of an oral history and a certain type of folk song, passed by word of mouth around a fanbase and through generations.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • The music moves from inventive, engaging art song to smoldering improvisations in which Wilkins and his bandmates—anchored by his regular colleagues Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass and Kweku Sumbry on drums—push to the outer limits.
    Steve Hochman, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The album features a high-energy score composed by Marcelo Zarvos and K-pop tracks produced by the likes of Teddy Park, Lindgren, Stephen Kirk, and Ian Eisendrath.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Add a pop of color to your outdoor space with this vibrant bistro set.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Elmquist and the crew also developed an instrumental break built around baritone guitar after the second chorus to set up the bridge.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Allie Light, the producer, director and editor who won an Oscar for her work on In the Shadow of the Stars, a 1991 feature documentary about chorus members of the San Francisco Opera, has died.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Torch song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torch%20song. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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