melody
Example Sentences
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I might even go into the studio if I’m hearing a melody in my head or pick up my guitar.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The concert leaned heavily on the band's new album Arirang, which folds the melody and mythology of Korea's folk music into the band's hyperactive, experimental pop sound.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
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
“It has been a challenge going from the scandal to relationship to miscarriage to arrest to being pregnant again,” she says as a sentimental melody lilts in the background.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Then Dvorah sang the same melody Mama sang, the same melody Anya had been singing since she had become a bat mitzvah.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing melody
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Music - Introductory
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