songful

Example Sentences

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Hemphill’s experimental yet songful approach connected him to adventurous pop artists; he joined Lake on tour with Björk in support of her album “Debut” in 1993-94.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2021

Mr. Peacock’s “raw charisma and fiery temperament could almost match Ayler in songful intensity,” pianist Ethan Iverson wrote in Jazz Times magazine in April.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2020

The jaunty, songful theme that opens the movie sets a mood that Caine catches breezily—even if the character of Alfie himself is sordid and sleazy in a way that the music doesn’t at all imply.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2017

In these players’ hands, we were given the structural underpinnings of the piece as well as the songful tunes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2016

Now songful in the hour of sport, Now riotous for wages, She camps around her ancient port, As ancient of the ages.

From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis