Sample sentences for LILT - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
an Irish lilt

Definition

a way of speaking, singing, or making music — typically cheerful, lively or pleasing — sometimes with the pitch of the voice rising and falling

lilt = accent (or way of speaking)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

lilting = cheerful; or with a pleasing rise and fall of pitch

lilt = accent

lilt = rising and falling pitch of voice

Their speech had a lilting cadence that made me think of singing more than speaking.
Tara Westover -- Educated

lilting = pleasing with the pitch rising and falling

Andy was a large man, over six feet tall and 200 pounds, who spoke with a sharp Kiwi lilt;
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air

lilt = accent

"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.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind

lilt = cheerful manner

It was comforting listening to them, Mama's voice a warm, lilting murmur, Papa's a quiet, easy-flowing hum.
Mildred D. Taylor -- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

lilting = pleasing with the pitch rising and falling

"Apparitions?" she asked with a pleasant Dutch lilt.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

lilt = accent

lilt = way of speaking

2 —as in:
played a lively lilt

Definition

cheerful and lively music, or to play such music

lilt = song

Other Uses (with this meaning)

lilted = played

lilt = song

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.
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

lilt = happy song

Low pipe organ music began to lilt through the church.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

lilt = play in a lively manner

But there was, at least, a lilt; she felt her own feet wanting to dance as she got nearer.
C.S. Lewis -- Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

lilt = lively music

Less commonly:

Much more rarely, lilt can refer to moving or dancing in a light, cheerful manner.

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