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Recent Examples of songful
Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
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Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
—Dallas News, 25 June 2022
Singing karaoke is one of China’s most popular pastimes among the songful and tone-deaf alike.
—Yang Jie, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
This is Mahler at his most songful and least angst-ridden.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
—Dallas News, 25 June 2022
Singing karaoke is one of China’s most popular pastimes among the songful and tone-deaf alike.
—Yang Jie, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
This is Mahler at his most songful and least angst-ridden.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for songful
Adjective
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Chan worked hard, taking Chinese dance classes and rhythmic gymnastics, which translated well on ice.—
Peter Warren,
Houston Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
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Every morning, seahorses greet their other half by performing a rhythmic dance that can last minutes or even hours to strengthen their bond.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Adler’s version, as elegant and lyrical as Fisher’s, enumerates ways to use every last scrap, bone, and core—and introduced her as a writer who made art out of the marginal.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The album leaned heavily into acoustics with an emphasis on lyrical content.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The track is one of the shortest on the EP but the most concise, composed simply of guitar, strings, Tems’ lilting falsetto, and sparse backing vocals.—
Nelson C.J,
Rolling Stone,
21 Nov. 2025
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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
Adjective
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For now, Google continues to frame lyric limits as a test.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the Summer Games from 1912 to 1948, musicians, painters, and plenty of other aesthetes went brain-to-brain in events such as lyric poetry and chamber music.—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In a harmonic convergence this year, the holiday falls on a Saturday, the busiest and most popular day of the week for weddings.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2026
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The team noted that the figures represent new records for vacuum ultraviolet lasers generated via second harmonic generation.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Between 2004 and 2018, Banks released three albums of orchestral pieces that enjoyed moderate acclaim in England.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Although his idols toured the awards circuit with a more traditional, orchestral score, Kangding doubled down on his dance music origins for Sirāt.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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What's so appealing about this spring boot is their comfortable fit and elevated, androgynous structure, which looks very similar to an Oxford dress shoe when paired with Johnson's black Agolde straight-leg '90s jeans.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
15 Feb. 2026
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As construction costs remain high, the cost-effectiveness of adaptive reuse is particularly appealing.—
Margi Glavovic Nothard,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Songful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songful. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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