His third and final piece, about 15 minutes long, as were the two previous, was his most songlike. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » In the Bag] Reference
When speeding to safety, they give a high-pitched “chip” which, when repeated 130 times a minute, creates a songlike trill that can attract birds. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
As her message to the world was usually one of promise and reassurance, she had the gift of dwelling with songlike sweetness on those words in which the music lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
As soon as they had taken their places in the open area in the center of the floor, Hovan raised his arms and began a songlike chanting similar to the previous night's. From Wordnik.com. [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference
The title track typifies the songlike, folk-rootsy lyricism of the set, and Utnem's harmonium blends gracefully with the low-sliding sonorities of Seim's sax here and there. From Wordnik.com. [Trygve Seim/Andreas Utnem: Purcor – review] Reference
The rhythmic repetition in these same instances of equal-sounding words of equal length in identical grammatical positions is essential to the songlike quality of the passage. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
TOM MANOFF: Although Kim Kashkashian is world-famous as a violist, when I hear her name, the first word that comes to mind isn't viola, but lyricism, that quality of music to be songlike and to flow easily with emotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Lyrical Quality of Violist Kim Kashkashian] Reference
It's all for the love of song in this songlike town. From Wordnik.com. [San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories] Reference
Her soft Southern drawl is songlike, pleasingly rhythmic as a gentle rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference
Not the teacher, Ying Ying Wu, who talks energetically in Mandarin's songlike tones. From Wordnik.com. [ Discourages Student Engagement] Reference
Bartok's Dance Suite and reaffirmed his grasp of songlike phrasing in a plain-spoken "El Amor y la Muerte" from. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The melodies are songlike even at their most ambiguous, and Mr. Kimbrough uses his bright, percussive touch to keep them grounded. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
The slow movement is, of all things, a tender jazz ballad, with the violin intoning a lugubrious and haunting songlike melody that occasionally breaks into double-stops to devastating effect. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Indeed, Song is at her best when her poems are most — pun unavoidable — songlike, or when she’s imagining other lives. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times: Poetry Chronicle] Reference
William Kurk www. cdbaby.com / cd / williamkurk www. williamkurk.com The Pianist / composer / producer has produced Volume I (of many to come) collections of his compositions that are songlike, but orchestrated with specific details that result in a cluster of styles often heard in the modern music scene. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Indymedia] Reference
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