lyric

Example Sentences

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The lyric, "I'll cry my eyes violet", refers to the star's famously entrancing eyes; and the line "what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything" namechecks one of her films.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

You’ve been something of a connoisseur’s fave, I think it’s fair to say, which is why the Taylor Swift lyric was such a delight: “We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“When people go around talking to God, it always ends in tears” is absolutely the most Bono lyric, not taking himself too seriously but also still being completely, 100% sincere.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, called the lyric “completely disrespectful…to every single individual that has ever stood up and fought for our freedoms.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Every lyric of “Amazing Grace” is consuming me, opening my eyes real wide.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles