LYRIC in a Sentence

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For LYRIC, below is one of 20 sentences:
Whenever there was a pause in the song she filled it with gasping broken sobs and then took up the lyric again in a quavering soprano.

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 Meanings and Examples of LYRIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lyric
 n.  short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
Classic Sentence:
1  Whenever there was a pause in the song she filled it with gasping broken sobs and then took up the lyric again in a quavering soprano.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
2  Only an insane contortion of spelling could portray his lyric whine, his mangled consonants.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
4  It was a song that imitated the measure of beating upon iron, and was a mere lyrical excuse for the introduction of Old Clem's respected name.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII
5  While the grandfather, in full lyrical effusion, was listening to himself, Cosette and Marius grew intoxicated as they gazed freely at each other.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
6  haremism, Chinese lyrics, nationalization of mines, Christian Science, and fishing in Ontario.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  They shed their blood lyrically for the counting-house; and they defended the shop, that immense diminutive of the fatherland, with Lacedaemonian enthusiasm.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER
Example Sentence:
1  Please enjoy such a lyric poetry.
2  This is a good example of Shelley's lyric poetry.
3  He waxed lyrical about the variety of fish in the river.
4  The novel is an intensely lyrical stream-of-consciousness about an Indian woman who leaves her family home to be married.
5  This juxtaposition of brutal reality and lyrical beauty runs through Park's stories.
6  I recall Rosie waxing lyrical about the flatness of his stomach.
7  Read the on-screen lyrics and sing along.
8  Strauss set several of Mackay's lyrics to music.
9  Lack the tune of lyrics, ultimately not perfect.
10  Gershwin's lyrics would today probably be deemed politically incorrect.
11  I don't sing perfectly in tune, but I think I put more expression into my lyrics than a lot of other singers do.
12  She danced the part of the Black Swan very lyrically at stage.
13  Both musically and lyrically it is very effective.