as in symphonic
having a pleasing mixture of notes
some especially tuneful songs have been written for this new animated film
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Recent Examples of tuneful
It’s all given a tuneful sheen that suggests the work of a teeming pop-rock hive-mind at work.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
But tuneful moments and a few moves do not a musical make.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The North Carolina native plays guitar and sings backup in the genre-bending band Wednesday, but his solo music—laid-back, witty, tuneful while noisy—seems designed to trigger déjà vu.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
To be sure, Lost to the Street is plenty tuneful in a post-Roxy Music Bryan Ferry sort of way.
—Adam Sobsey, SPIN, 25 Sep. 2024
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
But tuneful moments and a few moves do not a musical make.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The North Carolina native plays guitar and sings backup in the genre-bending band Wednesday, but his solo music—laid-back, witty, tuneful while noisy—seems designed to trigger déjà vu.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
To be sure, Lost to the Street is plenty tuneful in a post-Roxy Music Bryan Ferry sort of way.
—Adam Sobsey, SPIN, 25 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tuneful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuneful
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The Symphony aspires to perform live symphonic music of excellence, beauty, and vitality at a consistently high level.Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Dudamel led children into the depths of a symphony in which Shostakovich sought a symphonic road map for surviving Joseph Stalin’s political oppression.Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Garland during the filming of the 1939 musical are known to have survived.Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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But the musical’s politics are as unsubtle as any other aspect of this lumbering show.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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The only relief from the monotony, and from worrying about the anguish my family must have been undergoing over my disappearance, was—bizarrely—the melodious voice of a female prisoner in another cell singing a Christian hymn that included 'Save me Jesus' in its refrain.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Notes of pink pepper and rum and tobacco leaf absolute round out the sweetly smoky scent, which lends itself to a night of firelight, expertly poured cocktails, and melodious riffs.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Tuneful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuneful. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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