unlyrical
- a word derived from lyric.
Example Sentences
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And the tenor Brian Jagde bellowed out unflagging but unlyrical sound as Radamès, the warrior torn between his love for Aida and his duty to his country.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2022
In receipt of such a fiercely unlyrical metaphor, this reader’s faith was restored.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2016
She didn’t disappoint – that is, if you expected her to keep herself at arm’s length and issue an unlyrical, stentorian 228-word statement praising the development.
From US News • Apr. 3, 2015
In opera, music harmonises discords and helps to pardon moral faults, but the real Anna Nicole was loud, unlyrical and intermittently obscene.
From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2011
It is for this reason, doubtless, that the genius of Wordsworth is essentially unlyrical.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David
