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as in jaunty
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Recent Examples of lilting
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
The second violins introduce the second movement with a soft, lilting quality, creating music that’s elegant and musically complex.
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Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
The trailer, soundtracked by a lilting piano melody, reveals the basic premise of the film, which focuses on a young boy named Arco from a distant and peaceful future, where humans live in the sky and use rainbow suits to fly through the air.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
This week, Megan Moroney offers up valuable wisdom enveloped in a lilting ballad, while Maddie Lenhart sings of longing for a carefree night of throwing romantic caution to the wind.
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Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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What started out as a lilting memoir of youthful abandon eventually reveals itself to be something far more disturbing and scarring.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
The second violins introduce the second movement with a soft, lilting quality, creating music that’s elegant and musically complex.
—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
The trailer, soundtracked by a lilting piano melody, reveals the basic premise of the film, which focuses on a young boy named Arco from a distant and peaceful future, where humans live in the sky and use rainbow suits to fly through the air.
—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
This week, Megan Moroney offers up valuable wisdom enveloped in a lilting ballad, while Maddie Lenhart sings of longing for a carefree night of throwing romantic caution to the wind.
—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lilting
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As the sun set below blush clouds, the gently swaying crowd matched the R&B singer’s sultry energy.
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Clad in three-piece tailoring, pristine shoes and often a jaunty hat, this group comprises the influencers, brand founders, buyers, and journalists that orbit the menswear market.
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Despite the folk tales glamorizing the life of the voyageurs, the reality was much different than jaunty young men wearing trademark red toques and sashes.
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The minute-long clip, shared on June 10, shows Langley crooning the late '90s ballad while accompanying herself on piano.
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The camera pans to Cody crooning while strumming his guitar throughout the video.
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Veteran creatives who helped launch the musical reunite on tour, describing the show’s glittering escapism as a balm for audiences in anxious, overwhelming times.
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One honors African women as the inventors of beer, another celebrates the Jazz District through the historic castle at 18th and Vine, while a third highlights hip-hop as the next chapter in the neighborhood’s musical history.
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Taking a cue from nickelodeon piano players, composer John Powell steers the mood with a vibrantly eclectic score of sprightly ragtime, violin pathos and popcorn crescendos.
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Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid.
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Softly so as not to drown out the quavering notes, the congregation put words to the melody.
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The governor, Tim Walz, defeated for the Vice Presidency, gets on TV, his voice quavering, saying the right things, speaking the truth, and advising courage.
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After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash.
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Also in residence is roommate Susie (Thaddea Graham), a chirpy cosplayer — and coincidentally Jinx’s biggest fan — whose skills will become valuable as Margo, needing cash, sets off into the world of OnlyFans.
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Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.
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In a now-viral clip, Carpenter overheard someone from the crowd trilling during her set for Weekend 1 and asked if the audience member was yodeling.
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“Lilting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lilting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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