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Ballad is an English word with synonyms like lay or song. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Ballad meaning

  1. A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
  2. A slow romantic song.

Synonyms of Ballad

lay song vocal poem verse form

Related words

Other words often associated with Ballad or its synonyms:

opus piece composition set secular call outspoken strain pose nonprofessional communicatory instrumental

Using Ballad

  • The main meaning on this page is: A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. | A slow romantic song.
  • Useful related words include: lay, song, vocal, poem.
  • In the example corpus, ballad often appears in combinations such as: the ballad, ballad of, power ballad.

Context around Ballad

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

older 1× broadside 1× tragical 1× five 1× latin 1× romantic 1× prose 1× performed 1× bush 1× wonder 1×

Often after:

orbison 1× singer 1× may 1× sail 1× main 1× play 1× operas 1× farces 1× best 1× hoobastank 1×

Sentence patterns with Ballad

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

games the ballad of songbirds 3× a ballad orbison wrote 1× a power ballad about ken 1× and the ballad of stalin 1× any ballad may be 1× as a ballad singer 1× as the ballad crier in 1× best bush ballad best video 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a ballad orbison 1× any ballad may 1× are you excited 1× awards will be 1× beck s skills 1× broadsides main an 1×

Common sentence endings:

54 years ago 1× a ballad singer 1× absurd amount more 1× and ballad farces 1× and michael leslie 1× and patrick mullane 1×

Words around Ballad

Just before it in the word index:

ballack 4 ballachulish 6 ballabh 5 ballaarat 3 balla 17 ball 14.387

Just after it in the word index:

balladares 4 ballade 8 balladeer 15 ballades 3 balladic 2 balladry 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

affluent 388 assign 388 bs 388 cheyenne 388 citrus 388 decks 388

Corpus analysis for Ballad

  • In this selection, "ballad" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, older, broadside, tragical, orbison, singer and may stand out and add context to how "ballad" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include games the ballad of songbirds and a ballad orbison wrote. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ballad" sits close to words such as affluent, assign and bs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ballad

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Are you excited for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes? (12 words)

Double entendre aside, it’s hard not to love this slightly syrupy ballad. (13 words)

Latin ballad main The Latin (or romantic) ballad is a Latin musical genre which originated in the 1960s. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Awards will be presented to Best Male Vocal, Best Female, Best Group or Duo, Best Album, Best Song, Best Bush Ballad, Best Video, Most Promising Future Star, Most Popular Country Music DJ, and Most Popular Country Music Radio Station or Program. (41 words)

Metz (1975) G.K. Hunter however, believes that Adams, Dover Wilson, Bullough, Sargent, Mincoff and Metz were all wrong, and the play was the source for the prose, with both serving as sources for the ballad (play-prose-ballad). (39 words)

MacColl, a prolific songwriter and committed leftist, some years earlier had penned "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" (1953), issued as single on Topic Records, and "The Ballad of Stalin" (1954), commemorating the death of that leader. (37 words)

Question examples

Are you excited for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes? (12 words)

Example sentences (20)

A ballad Orbison wrote - "The Clown" - met with a lukewarm response; after hearing it, Sun Records producer Jack Clement told Orbison that he would never make it as a ballad singer.

Any ballad may be older than the oldest copy that happens to survive, or descended from a lost older ballad.

Broadsides main An 18th-century broadside ballad: The tragical ballad: or, the lady who fell in love with her serving-man.

In 1979 the Commodores scored another top-five ballad, "Sail On", before reaching the top of the charts once again with another ballad, " Still ".

Latin ballad main The Latin (or romantic) ballad is a Latin musical genre which originated in the 1960s.

MacColl, a prolific songwriter and committed leftist, some years earlier had penned "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" (1953), issued as single on Topic Records, and "The Ballad of Stalin" (1954), commemorating the death of that leader.

Metz (1975) G.K. Hunter however, believes that Adams, Dover Wilson, Bullough, Sargent, Mincoff and Metz were all wrong, and the play was the source for the prose, with both serving as sources for the ballad (play-prose-ballad).

Wilmeth and Miller, p. 182 In New York in the summer of 1753, they performed ballad-operas, such as The Beggar’s Opera, and ballad-farces.

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Are you excited for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes?

Awards will be presented to Best Male Vocal, Best Female, Best Group or Duo, Best Album, Best Song, Best Bush Ballad, Best Video, Most Promising Future Star, Most Popular Country Music DJ, and Most Popular Country Music Radio Station or Program.

Beck’s skills as a technician often overshadowed how emotional his playing could be, and there’s no better example in his catalog than his instrumental version of this Stevie Wonder ballad from 1975.

Currently, all the existing books have been adapted for the screen already, thus rendering a Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes impossible under the conditions set forth by Jacobson and Lawrence.

Director Francis Lawrence returned to helm The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, with a script from Michael Arndt and Michael Leslie.

Double entendre aside, it’s hard not to love this slightly syrupy ballad.

Episode 1 ends with the ultimate belter ballad, Hoobastank's 2003 "The Reason" — a song you'd better to if you pick it at karaoke.

Especially in her roles as the ballad crier in the circus performance and the snarky philosopher turning down Galileo’s scientific discoveries.

First, it was their first No. 1 on the survey since “The Ballad of John and Yoko” in 1969, 54 years ago.

Fury of the GodsThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning (Part One)Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and an absurd amount more.

Glenflesk compete in the Ballad Group and are represented by Aoise O’Donoghue, Muireann Healy, Abby Cronin, Cliona Moynihan, Sarah O’Donoghue and Patrick Mullane.

Gosling sings “I’m Just Ken” for the film, a power ballad about Ken’s feelings of inadequacy when his reliance on Barbie is thrown into uncertainty.

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Common combinations with ballad

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ballad" in a sentence?
An example: "A ballad Orbison wrote - "The Clown" - met with a lukewarm response; after hearing it, Sun Records producer Jack Clement told Orbison that he would never make it as a ballad singer." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ballad" from authentic English texts.
What does "ballad" mean?
Ballad means: A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
What are synonyms of "ballad"?
Common synonyms of "ballad" include: lay, song, vocal, poem, verse form.
How many example sentences with "ballad" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ballad", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.