How to Use lilting in a Sentence

lilting

adjective
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  • The gal in the lilting dress and the crazy shoes prevails, and books a room.
    — Karen Stabiner, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • Should the first name be a short, to-the-point name, or should the moniker be long and lilting?
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
  • Nikolov is bald with a kindly face and a lilting voice.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The lilting Latin songs keep her in touch with Puerto Rico, the home of her birth.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • In a lilting Irish piece, the students played the same melody over and over, faster and faster, with flying fingers and bows.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Fontana, of course, adds color — bands of painted red and white play backdrop to a lilting seam of black tar.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Their voices were a tangle of languages: Paramount and Kasan and Treckish and even the lilting Rhashiran tongue.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • For a little bit of folk salvation, turn to Bon Iver, whose evocative strums and lilting voice speak straight to the soul.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 30 May 2018
  • A dance-able fusion of folk and pop, marked by glittering synths, hip-hop beats and Meath's lilting vocals.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Her lilting voice was as recognizable as her doe eyes and lithe frame.
    — Elaine Aradillas, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Mitalipov, who was born in Kazakhstan, is a small, dark-haired man with a lilting accent.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The singing line and lilting slurs in the Andante could not have been sweeter, and the Finale boasted the ideal blend of resolve and playfulness.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • The duo’s lilting voices come together over the soft, snapping beat and twinkling synths.
    — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Yee speaks in a lilting manner, letting her thoughts spill forth freely, stream-of-consciousness style.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2018
  • During lunch you will be entertained by the lilting sounds of a local Oud master.
    — Jim Berkeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • In his fifties now, Alberto is soft-spoken and lanky, with messy shoulder-length hair and a lilting accent.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • De Angeli’s light use of olden-day language is lilting and skillful, giving color and depth to the tale.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 20 June 2021
  • Parant, a dignified man with urbane manners and a lilting Spanish accent, would have been the next captain of the San Juan.
    — Lance Wills, miamiherald, 11 Dec. 2017
  • But not even the return of Kristen Bell's lilting narration as Gossip Girl can save the bad dialogue she's forced to spew.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
  • Her voice was high and lilting and full of feeling, like a little reed pipe someone might play in a forest to make cartoon animals start to dance.
    — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The album had a lilting, soothing quality that was a stark contrast to the frenetic politics of the era.
    — Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Known for his dry, friendly style of comedy and his lilting voice, Funches has been involved in stand-up for nearly 15 years.
    — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 10 July 2018
  • Mering travels and croons throughout the six-minute clip, intoning the song’s lilting melodies as a lamp-like cardiac organ shines out from her chest.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The track’s lilting melody leads the camera to a final shot of the piano playing without him — mirroring his notes as well as the intense feeling that comes with them.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • He was known for his lilting brogue and regaling parishioners with stories about his homeland.
    — al.com, 1 July 2019
  • And the restaurant’s soundtrack — a lilting reggae — stunned me into a slurping silence.
    — Bryan Washington, New York Times, 5 July 2023
  • With a snapping beat and lilting synths, the uplifting future bass track is an expressive high point of Tear, and was inspired by stories fans have told the group.
    — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 18 May 2018
  • When watching a girl complaining about her Olive Garden job in a lilting, electronic pitch, my mind—to my own shock—went to the Jewish rites of sing-speaking the Torah.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
  • There are times when none of that matters — when Catán’s music and the full force of the Met’s commitment help the audience forget all the footnotes and just sink into the tropical steam and lilting pulsations.
    — Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Lady Bird narrates the grisly events of that day — the day of Kennedy’s assassination — in her native Texan drawl: soft, lilting, touched with sadness but also steely resolve.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023

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