How to Use melancholic in a Sentence

melancholic

adjective

• The vibe is by turns sober, warm, melancholic and playful to the point of near-silliness.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• The evoking lyrics to this melancholic tune sing of a heartbreak.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 2 July 2022
• The most melancholic saga, in the movie as on the page, concerns Amber Sweet (Jehnny Beth).
  — The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2022
• Next 22 Miles—the Plaid sometimes had a melancholic effect on me.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 24 June 2021
• And autumn, fans say, is the perfect backdrop for the melancholic tunes.
  — NBC News, 14 Oct. 2021
• The best works evoke both the melancholic haze of visual memory and the lightness of the funny pages.
  — Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2022
• The first team-up between both acts, the track is both melancholic and wistful melodies that thrive on a slow tempo.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2022
• More than anything, Beller’s email had left me melancholic.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• This track is a melancholic trip kicked off by Raquel’s soothing and warm vocals.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 23 May 2022
• On the title track, the production is deep but bumpin’ with its melancholic chords and bouncing bassline.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2021
• Keith, who is no longer with his wife, is in a reflective and melancholic mood.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2020
• So get ready to hear Nicholas Britell’s theme song played again and again Emmy night — and who doesn’t want to bathe in that melancholic piano a few more times?
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• Archiving the past is melancholic by nature, but Schloss was no sad sack.
  — Jamie Hood, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021
• Photo: Suzume Makoto Shinkai is the king of melancholic anime.
  — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2023
• There’s a melancholic cloud hanging over Ted this season.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• So bring a box of tissues or dried out makeup wipes and settle in for some melancholic film-watching.
  — Erin Donnelly, refinery29.com, 12 June 2019
• The image is melancholic, bizarre, even a bit frightening.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2021
• When Eternals just felt like any other trip to the theater—a nice time, but rarely life-changing—the effect was melancholic.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 20 Dec. 2021
• Munch’s anxious, melancholic figures aren’t hard to spot.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Aug. 2023
• The videos work as a lovely way to wind down your day, a quiet antidote to our melancholic stay-at-home moment.
  — Lauren Hill, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• The return of Raymond Bourque in March 2001 as a member of the Avalanche was anticipated in a melancholic kind of way.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• Carter and her band deftly recast the song as a pensive ballad that exudes a melancholic air.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
• And on the other side, there is also this melancholic girl that’s very open about her feelings and super melodic.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Her voice is low and creaky but full of melancholic remembrance and youthful longing.
  — Jennie Tiderman-Österberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020
• The engrossing book ends with a melancholic epilogue, on the history and meaning of borsch.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2023
• The result is a brooding and melancholic listening session that will get you all in your feelings, in a good way.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2022
• For Lester, there was some relief but also a melancholic feeling knowing some were not as lucky.
  — Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2021
• But the childhood best friends were barely 20 years old then, shy, and reluctant to open up about their melancholic music.
  — Time, 13 Feb. 2018
• Such melancholic moments arrive more frequently now that Palmer is 78.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2024
• Britto gives Omni Loop a melancholic charm that aligns perfectly with Parker’s signature world-weariness.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024