Example Sentences

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With that, “Hacks” goes out on a Seinfeldian high note, cutting to Deborah and Ava happily strolling the Vegas strip on a sun-soaked day as a Barbra Streisand-Judy Garland duet lilts behind them.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

“Life’s so fun, life’s so fun,” Gavin lilts on “Silk Chiffon,” which features Phoebe Bridgers and has caromed across TikTok, soundtracking cookie dough tutorials, hangovers and odes to crushes.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

But it’s the dusky shadings and subtle Southern lilts that imbue emotional color and make other people’s songs momentarily her own.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2021

In a career spanning four decades, Washington instructed actors to speak not just in national dialects but also in regional and local lilts, even historical ones.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021

He doesn’t talk, he lilts, his words taking to the air like birds.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson