How to Use melody in a Sentence

melody

noun
  • He sang a few old melodies.
  • He wrote a piece that includes some beautiful melodies.
  • His melodies play on in all of us.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Feb. 2026
  • There are lots of melodies out there.
    — Karen Stabiner, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The melody has always stuck with me.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Her ear for melody is an A+ and the hooks soar.
    — Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
  • It wasn’t supposed to be this sad melody.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Keep finding new melodies and things like that.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Keep finding new melodies and things like that.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Most singers will adapt melodies and phrasing over the years.
    — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 10 May 2024
  • Jim took the melody to the song and added it as the piano part.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • That was her riffing on the first scratch track of the melody line.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
  • That was her riffing on the first scratch track of the melody line.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The left hand doing its thing while the right hand plays the melody.
    — David Bonior, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • The melody is loose because this is a dance song, not a sing-along.
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Future is like the king of doing melodies.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The stadium could be heard singing along to the melody.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Carrera now plucks the melody in single notes.
    — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The anthem is a melody without lyrics.
    — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Even in the midst of chaos, Slayyyter can turn out a gorgeous melody.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
  • All of this is driven by her music … her melodies … and her lyrics.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
  • This is kind of the same thing, but no melody in the opposite way.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The verses altered a bit over time, and the melody moved a note or two.
    — Rosanne Cash, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
  • At outdoor venues, the cicadas have pitched in with their buzzing melody.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2021
  • For some tracks, words come to my mind first while for others, a melody just hits my head.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The band used flutes, clarinets and trumpets to play the songs’ melodies.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • When a concert crowd keeps singing the melody after the band have left the stage.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The cheerful melody managed to take away (some) of our pre-trek nerves.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Ozzy had already done his version of a melody on it, which was good as well.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The two artists fuse their styles as the song breaks into an electric merengue melody.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022

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