Toni
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As the film played, roughly 80 attendees swayed their bodies and sang along to songs from the Grammy-winning soundtrack, including “Sittin’ Up in my Room” by Brandy, Mary J. Blige’s “Not Gon’ Cry,” and Toni Braxton’s “Let It Flow.”
From Los Angeles Times
During the function, she shared trivia about the soundtrack such as the fact that Toni Braxton’s song “Love Shoulda Brought You Home” was her introduction into the music industry.
From Los Angeles Times
They’ve worked to ban recent books like Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer” and George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” as well as classics like Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” and Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” among others.
From Salon
The title comes from the last line of “Shelter,” a song by André Previn with a text by Toni Morrison.
From Los Angeles Times
It has sold more than half a million copies, is often a set text in schools and was made into a film starring Toni Collette in 2017.
From BBC
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