How to Use falsetto in a Sentence

falsetto

noun
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  • The song’s sparse R&B and falsetto accents evoked the work of Prince.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Is there such a thing as too much falsetto in one boy band?
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Reinhart dances near the top of her range in a tired, almost bored falsetto.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 31 May 2018
  • Mendes put his own spin on Post's verses, adding runs and falsetto that made the track feel like his own.
    — Taylor Weatherby, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Luke likes the way his falsetto and full voice are intertwined.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 11 Apr. 2022
  • In all those records from the ‘60s, all the groups were singing (imitating a falsetto) way up there!
    — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 11 June 2019
  • The song requires the brothers to sing slow-tempo falsettos.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
  • And for extra credit, here’s a 65-plus-song playlist of some of the best falsetto moments in music.
    — Estelle Caswell, Vox, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Women slipped arms round each other’s waists and swayed to the trembling falsetto.
    — Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • All of the songs sounded lush, full and balanced, with Yorke’s ageless falsetto floating above the mix.
    — William Earl, Variety, 21 Nov. 2022
  • On a break between takes during a night shoot, Branagh tried to amuse her by singing in his slightly falsetto voice.
    — John Lahr, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Singer Wes Miles showed off a soaring falsetto, while the crowd -- which stretched a full block down Elm Avenue -- bobbed in unison.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The songs layer his hummed falsettos over bouncy synths and spartan beats.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 10 May 2018
  • Her voice ranges from a theatrical midrange sing-speak to a soaring falsetto.
    — Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Anyone who has a falsetto and is swoon-worthy could mostly pull it off.
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Soon, Steve Winwood lent his piercing falsetto to Blind Faith.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2021
  • This was not a Michael Jackson falsetto but a bleeding, pleading chest voice.
    — Lorrie Moore, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2021
  • Usher’s runs and harmonies on the chorus (switching in and out of his falsetto with ease) are unmatched.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Madlib adds a drum loop and stretches out a sample of the chorus so that there’s an insistent falsetto cry in the background.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Watch Shaq, Mario, Omarion and more try to hit the infamous falsetto!
    — Essence, 20 Sep. 2022
  • But her sung falsettos bear the ache of someone undone by their own needfulness.
    — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
  • His Al Green-esque falsetto never faltered the whole time.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 16 May 2022
  • Is no one else listening to the excellence of this falsetto hitting this note right now?
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Hart co-wrote most of their hits with producer Thom Bell, and his stunning falsetto gave the group a signature sound.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2022
  • The music turns darker, before shifting back to sweet, while Hadreas, in a deeper voice, duets with his own falsetto.
    — Jason Kyle Howard, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
  • In Whoville the children are practically screaming the lyrics, and the adults right along with them, as if the entirety of the score called for glass-breaking falsetto.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Porter has the same effortless, strong falsetto as Mushroom.
    — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • East tones down his rasp here, favoring a smoother approach and a frequent falsetto.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2021
  • As the God of Love, Phillip Bullock travels from airy falsetto to basso profundo depths.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Vernon’s falsetto is distinct—more muppet than man—and so is his band’s sense for contrast and emotion.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2019

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