Lilting is an English word with synonyms like swinging or tripping. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lilting meaning
Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful.
Synonyms of Lilting
Using Lilting
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful.
- Useful related words include: swinging, swingy, tripping, rhythmical.
- In the example corpus, lilting often appears in combinations such as: the lilting, lilting and.
Context around Lilting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lilting
- In this selection, "lilting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, movie, tunes, 121, sound, melodic and waltz stand out and add context to how "lilting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lean lilting song about and dunbar s lilting scottish accent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lilting" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lilting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They all dance to a lilting waltz. (7 words)
It’s just laughter, lilting and sublime. (7 words)
It’s the lilting fantasy of a child. (8 words)
While Dunbar’s lilting Scottish accent allows her to revel in the jazzy riffs of ‘Who wants a silent night?’, Welch skilfully employs her comedic timing to deliver Celia’s frequent one-liners, culminating in the witty ‘I’ve had a little work done’. (44 words)
Whether students were intentionally stopping by to watch their friends and favorite musicians perform or simply intrigued by the tunes lilting through the air as they left the Dobbs Common Table, students began to fill the couches and picnic blankets. (40 words)
She forged a trans-Atlantic musical partnership with Javier Limón, a Spanish producer and songwriter who brought out her affinity for flamenco and wrote “Voy” (“I Go”), a lean, lilting song about picking up and moving into the unknown. (39 words)
Example sentences (15)
Andrew Leung is another Mattel Executive in Barbie and has previously appeared in Doctor Who, Cruella and Ben Wishaw movie Lilting.
As we followed the lilting sound of Irish music to a stage filled with step dancers, a group of distinguished men passed by.
Whether students were intentionally stopping by to watch their friends and favorite musicians perform or simply intrigued by the tunes lilting through the air as they left the Dobbs Common Table, students began to fill the couches and picnic blankets.
The lilting melodic embellishments with which he dresses up the melody are like ornaments glistening on a Christmas tree, brightening an already delightful experience.
They all dance to a lilting waltz.
This river was the inspiration for the lilting music of Summer Night on the River.
Throughout its 121 lilting pages, provides equal doses of inspiration, motivation and playfulness in tandem with solid steps for identifying and then manifesting one’s feminine spiritual powers - over the course of 30 days.
As for the sound, both songs — the lilting ‘Jaoon Kahan Bata Ae Dil’ — resemble ’50s retro classics.
It’s just laughter, lilting and sublime.
It’s the lilting fantasy of a child.
She forged a trans-Atlantic musical partnership with Javier Limón, a Spanish producer and songwriter who brought out her affinity for flamenco and wrote “Voy” (“I Go”), a lean, lilting song about picking up and moving into the unknown.
Debussy plays the lilting opening lightly and crisply.
It's an engaging mix of Americana, country and even Celtic music that creates a sonic mosaic that can be as dry as the arid fields of Oklahoma at the time but with a lilting, lingering hope underneath.
While Dunbar’s lilting Scottish accent allows her to revel in the jazzy riffs of ‘Who wants a silent night?’, Welch skilfully employs her comedic timing to deliver Celia’s frequent one-liners, culminating in the witty ‘I’ve had a little work done’.
Simple repetitive parts mesh, creating momentum and rhythmic interplay producing mellow, lilting, and often hypnotic textures while calling attention to no individual sound.
Common combinations with lilting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: