phrasing
Example Sentences
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Billie Holiday’s 1936 recording set the song on its path into the jazz canon—her smoky phrasing revealing new emotional colors.
He adds that odd phrasing, unnatural emotional delivery, and lyrics that feel generic or repetitive can also be clues.
From BBC
He lifted an eyebrow at her odd phrasing and answered in rapid-fire French that she could barely follow.
From Literature
His phrasing calls to mind the way an early hero of his, Lester Young, used to “sing” a song’s lyrics through his tenor saxophone.
Too stilted in phrasing to our modern poll-tested ears, it was nevertheless, as she said in the video of her retirement announcement, “prophetic.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
