How to Use ballad in a Sentence

ballad

noun
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  • This is her ballad to love in a time of darkness — future and present.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • There are two separate versions of the same song, one up-tempo and one a low-key ballad.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • These are ballads about cheating and addiction, and reflections on wistful memories and true love.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • It’s built around a traditional rock structure as a power ballad masquerading as an R&B song.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The powerful faith ballad features Teddy asking his wife to renew the friendship that forged their family.
    — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The two-part finale started on Monday, December 9, with the finalists singing two songs, an up-tempo song and a ballad.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • As on the Global 200, the ballad became Gaga and Mars’ first No. 1 each since the list launched.
    — Gary Trust, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The track includes raps, bursts of high-speed dance music and even a verse in the style of a rock ballad.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The heartfelt ballad topped the U.S. charts 14 weeks after Jim Croce’s death.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • With tears in her eyes, Becky sang the ballad while a video montage of her as a child played in the background.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In terms of writing, there is one ballad in the entire show.
    — NBC News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • If there was a ballad in need of Jim Steinman spiking the punch, this was it.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 July 2022
  • There's a ballad out there for every kind of love, even the most complex sort of love.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The track starts off as a melodic ballad — a rare moment for Balvin.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Staying true to his core essence, the song is a striking ballad about love.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 24 June 2022
  • The top five each perform a ballad and then an up-tempo song.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The tearjerker ballad, which Bolton co-wrote with Doug James, was an apt choice for the spot.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 24 June 2022
  • Despite just missing the weekly chart’s apex, the ballad ruled as the list’s No. 1 song for the entire year.
    — Jim Asker, Billboard, 16 May 2023
  • One of the creators, Groth, gives a brief pep talk, then someone plays a James Blake ballad.
    — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
  • In Ukraine, Paisley sang part of the ballad at a news conference.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Listen to the compression on his voice on some of those big ballads in ’57.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Swayze, who co-wrote the track, is silky smooth on an electric ballad that, like many of the time, also gave good sax.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022
  • For the stage musical, the creative team decided to close the first act with the ballad.
    — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The name of the Bible backed by Trump is inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood’s ballad.
    — Ken Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
  • For a moment, under the nightclub lights and to the cadence of a power ballad, the lovers feel safe from the world that judges them.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The day the cast sang the ballad in episode two was really powerful.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Run the Jewels had a good laugh using the ballad as their walk-up music for their 45-minute set.
    — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2022
  • Fans and friends all reacted to the intense ballad in the comments.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 26 Nov. 2024
  • On one hand, this ballad is a risqué fantasy about falling for the bad boy.
    — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023

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