ballad

Example Sentences

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I’m like, “Well, I get that sometimes, but this song is a happy song, this is a rock song. I’ll do a power ballad later on.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

It’s exactly the kind of expanding, heart-filling rock ‘n’ roll ballad that Springsteen has practically trademarked at this point.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Then 17, she performed the Anne Murray ballad “You Needed Me”—both singing and in sign language—during the talent competition, according to a 1985 write-up in The State newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Bettan delivers his song, a lovestruck ballad called Michelle, with sincerity and passion, nimbly moving into his falsetto over a mix of electronic beats and Middle Eastern instrumentation.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

She proceeds to prove otherwise with a stunningly bad rendition of a Kelly Clarkson ballad.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan