Sample Sentences for
lilt
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lilt as in:  an Irish lilt

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    On Saint Patrick's Day, she adopts a strong Irish lilt.
    lilt = accent
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    She adopts the lilt of a jazz singer.
    lilt = rising and falling pitch of voice
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    "Apparitions?" she asked with a pleasant Dutch lilt.  (source)
    lilt = accent
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    She makes a happy, lilting sound, an elephant laugh.  (source)
    lilting = pleasing (with the pitch rising and falling)
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    The Old Umber lilt is back in his voice.  (source)
    lilt = way of speaking
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    Meredith's sweet voice lilted from within.†  (source)
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    But hovering over an old Bobby Brown CD, both of them can sing "Every Little Step" with the same lilts and dips they sang it with seven years ago.†  (source)
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    It was comforting listening to them, Mama's voice a warm, lilting murmur, Papa's a quiet, easy-flowing hum.  (source)
    lilting = pleasing with the pitch rising and falling
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    Andy was a large man, over six feet tall and 200 pounds, who spoke with a sharp Kiwi lilt;  (source)
    lilt = accent
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    'Eh?' inquired Nikolai Petrovitch, while Pavel Petrovitch lilted a knife in the air with a small piece of butter on its tip, and remained motionless.†  (source)
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    "It'll dry out," Sarah lilts.†  (source)
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    Their speech had a lilting cadence that made me think of singing more than speaking.  (source)
    lilting = pleasing with the pitch rising and falling
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    "We haven't lost each other and our babies are all right and we have a roof over our heads," said Melanie and there was a lilt in her voice.  (source)
    lilt = cheerful manner
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lilt as in:  played a lively lilt

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    She sang a cheerful lilt.
    lilt = song
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    Darzee's Chant (Sung in honor of Rikki-tikki-tavi) Singer and tailor am I-- Doubled the joys that I know-- Proud of my lilt to the sky, Proud of the house that I sew-- Over and under, so weave I my music-- so weave I the house that I sew.  (source)
    lilt = happy song
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    But there was, at least, a lilt; she felt her own feet wanting to dance as she got nearer.  (source)
    lilt = lively music
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Low pipe organ music began to lilt through the church.  (source)
lilt = play in a lively manner
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