lilting

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Mr. Hedges invents a lilting melody for “Pinto,” a lyric that had been collected by Lomax, and has honored accordion player Josh Baca take the lead on the Mexican-tinged sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Colombian star Karol G won won song of the year for Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido, a lilting love song with a Merengue flavour, from her blockbuster fifth album Tropicoqueta.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

But Jeremy Secomb and Jacob Dickey’s exquisite rendition of “Pretty Women,” a lilting melody amid the murderous machinations of “Sweeney Todd,” deserves special commendation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

But it was her TV ads for orange juice—featuring her own children, a cartoon bird, and a lilting jingle about the “Florida sunshine tree”—that made her the nation’s leading avatar for white-bread American wholesomeness.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

From the rear of the building cocks screeched furiously, their cries mingling with the roar of the avenue, their cries interrupted every so often by the lilting qui-qui-ri-quí of the roosters they once were.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago