How to Use melody in a Sentence

melody

noun
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  • He sang a few old melodies.
  • He wrote a piece that includes some beautiful melodies.
  • So the love theme in the movie is the melody from her song.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022
  • The melodies are mega and then the guitars are a given.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The left hand doing its thing while the right hand plays the melody.
    — David Bonior, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • The songs, the melodies and the lyrics and the sentiment, that's a perfect album to me.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The band used flutes, clarinets and trumpets to play the songs’ melodies.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Most singers will adapt melodies and phrasing over the years.
    — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 10 May 2024
  • The beat is simple enough and the piano melody is catchy.
    — cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The melody is loose because this is a dance song, not a sing-along.
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2022
  • By the time Waronker came over to work on the song, the two began to tweak the melody and swap lyrics back and forth.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 June 2023
  • That became the opening line, song title and the hook for the melody.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 June 2022
  • The smell of homemade casseroles and the melodies of folk classics pour out the open door into the street.
    — Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
  • There is so much emotion in the melodies, music and lyrics.
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2023
  • This adds bounce, and a smirk, to the romantic broodiness of the chords and melody.
    — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
  • Two starters at Bliss form a charming surf-and-turf melody that still rocks.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Put on headphones, close your eyes, and let the melodies guide you back to feeling.
    — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The horns and brass are traded for strings, and a woman’s voice hums the iconic melody.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
  • All the while, the melody swings from sweet to sour (pardon the pun), angelic to chaotic.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Even some Bad Religion songs are, in terms of the melody, so catchy.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • The two artists fuse their styles as the song breaks into an electric merengue melody.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Tim Armstrong was a heck of a lyric writer who had a knack for melody.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The iconic tracks, the enchanting melodies, and the emotions are all packed in these LPs.
    — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The music lacked any sort of melody, and there was nothing to capture the ear or brighten the eye.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But what matters is getting [into] the bed with the melody.
    — Yasmine Shemesh, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The melody of the sharp, strongly briny fish plays flawlessly off of the counterpoint of the tangy rice.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • All of this is driven by her music … her melodies … and her lyrics.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But outside of that space, a much harsher melody plays.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • The band, led by Daniel Moore, seamlessly provides a beat and melody.
    — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The anthem’s melody was built by listening to each bird and placing their calls with the corresponding notes in the song.
    — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025

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