Example Sentences

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The second season of Nida Manzoor’s comedic masterpiece about an all-female Muslim punk band is a ride of emotional highlights and jaunty fast-n-loud ditties.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

Blake combined extremes: rambling incantations about European history alongside short ditties on the soul that any child can enjoy.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Strait and the 11-piece band spent much of the night vacillating between up-tempo ditties that often turn a bit of sorrow into a winking good time and slower, more heavy-hearted fare.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023

The songs penned by the self-described “sad dream queen” are gentle indie pop ditties with deceptive darkness below reverb-drenched guitar, jazzy rhythms and her warm, round vocal tones.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023

Homer climbed in the wagon whistling one of Jasper’s more monotonous ditties.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead