ballad
Example Sentences
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Her ballad quickly shifts into a galloping tribute.
He remembered the Cranberries antiwar ballad, “Zombie, “playing as they drove.
From New York Times
For years, she has been jacuzzi-soaking her ballads in pop-rock Americana and Hollywood lore, crowding her lyric sheet with references and interpolations, casual nods and heady genuflections to the coolest songs ever written.
From Washington Post
Another popular theme was “All Too Well,” the searing breakup ballad that recently got a second life when Swift released the updated 10-minute version.
From Washington Post
Jason Robert Brown composes a stirringly lush, operatic score of intense marches and plaintive ballads for this horrific story, which is packed with pathos but not much drama.
From Washington Post
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