songlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for songlike
Adjective
  • Polished and rhythmic, the album had been all machine.
    Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • On Saturday, three multicolored and gold-adorned dancing lions swirled, extending good wishes to the crowd while moving in step with the rhythmic beat of drums and cymbals.
    Autumn Alvarez, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike the final version released on his 2004 album Dear Heather, this handwritten page includes lyrics penned in Cohen's own hand in purple marker, offering a deeper look at his lyrical experimentation.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Her main goal is trying to maintain the emotion and lyrical style of the track more than creating a direct translation — and the artists are often encouraged to improv once in the studio.
    Sara Belcher, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Canadian anthem being, sung, cheered and lyric 'free' emphasized.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
  • His son, Myles Aronowitz, who played a key role in finding the lyric pages, said the discovery came after years of searching through family archives.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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, Dallas News, 25 June 2022
Adjective
  • Lia Ouyang Rusli’s lilting score comes in just as its needed, and editing by Alex O’Flinn and Randi Atkins is perfectly pitched.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Outside Japan, the outros have been swapped for some lilting piano — casualties of the prohibitively expensive cost of licensing the song internationally.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 12 July 2024
Adjective
  • They are imaginatively crafted, showing particular invention in their harmonic writing.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Nine decades later, the French astronomer and mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace suggested that the tides could be represented as harmonic oscillations.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2024
Adjective
  • Alas, the music branch didn’t seem to care for the project’s progressive blend of pounding electronic soundscapes that stand out from the typical roster of orchestral scores and traditional instrumentation.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Their experience in solo, orchestral, theatre, and popular concert settings is reflected in their artistry.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • At its heart is the creation of new vocal datasets, polyphonic AI models capable of blending human and machine voices, pulling audiences into an immersive, participatory experience.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Songlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songlike. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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