ballad
Example Sentences
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“I mean, there’s a lot of ballads,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
For bands such as Styx, commercial success arrived in the form of a ballad.
Even romantic ballad Coming Up Roses ends with a sense of unease.
From BBC
“Fight or Fall” is a gorgeous midtempo ballad urging unity among men, and “Cowboy Song” looks at the lonely independence of a rodeo bronco-buster.
The opening ballad, “Risk It All,” is pretty but listless, with Mr. Mars singing over a gently plucked nylon-string guitar until a relaxed syncopated groove folds in.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
