ballad
IPA: bˈæɫʌd
noun
- A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
- A slow romantic song.
verb
- (obsolete) To make mention of in ballads.
- (intransitive) To compose or sing ballads.
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Examples of "ballad" in Sentences
- The song is a sentimental ballad.
- It was the first ballad of the singer.
- A few of the ballads are rather bawdy.
- The song is a ballad from the Tycoon soundtrack.
- It is one of the romantic ballads of the Islands.
- This is the wreck and the ballad in popular culture.
- He favored the sentimental ballad and the church anthem.
- An elegiac piano ballad that portrays the pain of parting.
- The ballads, on the other hand, are overwrought and declarative.
- The song is a ballad, with the singers mourning the end of their relationship.
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