falsetto

Example Sentences

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“I hope I don’t go back to slangin’ yayo ...” he starts crooning in a soft falsetto before stopping with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

In one section, Ms. Stevens recited the lyrics and Mr. Tempo sang them back in falsetto.

From New York Times

Then he eases back, closer to a spiritual and rising toward falsetto, almost otherworldly in his toil and endurance.

From New York Times

Labrinth intones the title as a falsetto plaint above hollow, puffing organ chords that hark back to Brian Wilson; the beat is slow, sporadic, almost stumbling.

From New York Times

The line is more shocking for the vaporous, ultra-femme falsetto in which she delivers it — as if the ballerina inside a music box opened her mouth and sang.

From New York Times