Example Sentences

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The song certainly stands out in a sea of windswept ballads and crunchy club anthems.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Gill gravitates toward old Punjabi music — the folk songs and ballads of artists like Kuldeep Manak and Yamla Jatt, whose music carries within it the myths, legends, and rural views of Punjab.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

An old soul with with a huge, commanding voice, his catalog hovers between the orchestral swoon of pre-rock ballads, the pristine melodies of Anita Baker and the rangy, resilient yearning of his hometown’s soul tradition.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

He’s memorialized in corridos, or Mexican folk ballads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Evenings after supper the household servants, pages, craftsmen, and all those not on watch gathered about the fire in the Great Hall where Piers Nitingale or John told tales or sang ballads.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli