ditties
Example Sentences
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None have measured up to their source material, although Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music in the 2024 prequel “Mufasa: The Lion King” contributed the best ditties to the studio’s songbook in decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The second season of Nida Manzoor’s comedic masterpiece about an all-female Muslim punk band is a ride of emotional highlights and jaunty fast-n-loud ditties.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024
Blake combined extremes: rambling incantations about European history alongside short ditties on the soul that any child can enjoy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Strait and the 11-piece band spent much of the night vacillating between up-tempo ditties that often turn a bit of sorrow into a winking good time and slower, more heavy-hearted fare.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
I hummed ditties and murmured to myself and pretended to weep.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
