lilt

Example Sentences

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“They didn’t speak a word of English before, and now they’re full-on scouse,” Jones said, referring to the Liverpudlian lilt now clearly detectable in the children’s English.

From New York Times

After a long, lilting guitar intro, another band member starts singing.

From BBC

That woman, Pinkie’s formative heartbreaker, is his mother, affectionately played by Du with a lilting accent.

From New York Times

In “Snow Globe,” her glowing voice lilts over nostalgic guitar riffs: “The last time I was driven away / Looking back at you, baby / Aren’t you better off without me rooted in your town?”

From Washington Post

They find astonishing rhythmic freedom within the confines of their admirable discipline, a lilt to their phrasing that surely stems from the folk songs they so eagerly arrange and perform together.

From New York Times