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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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The rhythmic beat takes us on a love story full of sensuality, something that these Colombian and Colombian-Mexican groups handle perfectly.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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This rhythmic driving can create new forms of order that are impossible to achieve in equilibrium, revealing phenomena beyond the reach of conventional phases of matter.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Other stars who will be vying for a golden gramophone alongside Bad Bunny include Colombian pop star Karol G, Argentinian hip-hop duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso and Latin icons including Alejandro Sanz, Gloria Estefan and lyrical soprano, Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Her diaries, two volumes of which have been published, reveal a wonderful writer, lyrical and self-lacerating.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With lilting cadences, the king shares the origin myth of his Nkangala people, that a small elephant shed its skin while bathing in the river and a woman emerged, who married and procreated with his ancestors.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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The lilting Calle Malaga, Morocco’s official entry for the International Feature Film Oscar, is a joy largely because of its veteran star who envelops the screen and grabs a role of a career.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The American academy has been far more used to a confessionalistic, even solipsistic style in its lyric poetry.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The lyric change brought immediate screams inside Estadio River Plate and across the Swift world.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The harmonic effort has earned the SNL alumna an Emmy nomination, alongside song co-writers Greenbaum and Sean Douglas.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 Aug. 2025
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His own timbre of a voice mixes well with his multiple harmonic partners and the various goofy turns he is tasked with implementing.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The program will include classical orchestral pieces and beloved movie soundtracks.—
Debra Skodack,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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Officially, it’s based on the books only, but everything from the aesthetic to the orchestral score bears the fingerprints of CD Projekt RED’s far superior games.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Even companies that were initially resistant to producing electric vehicles like Toyota have begun to restructure portfolios to include appealing models.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Buildings with strong contrasts between dark and light areas are more appealing to lady beetles.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Angela Flournoy follows her highly honored first novel, The Turner House (2016), with an illuminating polyphonic exploration of the glorious heights and darkest lows of friendships among four women.—
Jane Ciabattari
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Zivix reports that its algorithms can register complex playing techniques like polyphonic bends, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, tapping and muting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Songful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songful. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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