balladry

Example Sentences

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Universally acclaimed as the set of the weekend, the performance confirmed Rodrigo as a generational talent, equally at ease with lighters-aloft balladry, and rabble-rousing pop-punk antics.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The pop star’s first solo album in nearly a decade is a slick, highly professional affair that suffers from a surplus of monotonous, surface-level balladry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

His mother and father encourage him to see the beauty and balladry in everyday life, and with earnest, wide-eyed awe, Jupe quickly runs circles around costars twice his age.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Peso Pluma, the superstar of corridos tumbados — hip-hop infused Mexican balladry — took home his first Grammy for regional Mexican music album in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

He congratulated me, and asked that we might remove ourselves there instanter so he could sleep without being roused by Irish balladry and ensigns lifting their shirts to compare back-hair.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson