lilt
noun
verb (used with or without object)
Origin of lilt
Examples from the Web for lilt
Contemporary Examples of lilt
“I would expect that,” he says in a soft tenor voice, with the hint of a Southern lilt.
As Morris shares his side of the story, his voice whispers across the phone line, a gentle Southern lilt kissing every syllable.
His voice carries some of the Bavarian lilt of Werner Herzog, and he looks slightly like Daniel Day-Lewis when he laughs.
“I was starting a new collection and feeling a little depressed,” the 45-year-old says with her strong Gallic lilt.
Historical Examples of lilt
Was that indeed the end of it all, of the hope, the lilt, the glory?
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
That the fisherman's daughter with the Island lilt in her voice—well he recalled it!
Major VigoureuxA. T. Quiller-Couch
No one who can play dance music with that lilt can be as cold as a stone—.
Man and MaidElinor Glyn
Through the window came to him the lilt of the fresh young voice.
The Fighting EdgeWilliam MacLeod Raine
(Twig to the lilt, I have got it all right)Sleep, little babe, sleep on!
The Book of Humorous VerseVarious