lilt
Example Sentences
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He speaks softly, with a lilt he picked up when his family moved to Australia from Lebanon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Kirkwood, who is from Morar in Scotland, confirmed she had been told many times that, with her "Highland lilt", she had "sent babies to sleep"
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
In the second cast, Christine Shevchenko fell far short of Ms. Teuscher’s finesse, but she essayed the opening “Preghiera” movement with more of its requisite lilt and shimmer than Ms. Teuscher did.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Australian is also uniquely incompatible with the American lilt, she said.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
“It’s not often a man finds true love twice in his lifetime,” he said with a lilt in his voice.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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