Example sentences for: lyrics

How can you use “lyrics” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Heston blames violent rap lyrics for America's decline but does not apologize for his many ultraviolent movie roles.

  • Their songs sound like starched and nasal Appalachian old-time country music, unvarnished to a fault, and their lyrics are anything but mythopoetic cliché.

  • "He just liked the lyrics," says Simon.

  • The consensus: Phair's long-awaited offering lacks the gritty low-fi feel and raunchy lyrics that characterized Exile in Guyville , her 1993 album, which won the Village Voice Pazz & Jop Album of the Year Award, but the new album is more diverse musically.

  • Critics are surprisingly positive about the singer/songwriter/best-selling poet/soon-to-be film actress' second album after the 8 million copy selling Pieces of You . Musically she has matured, and her trademark folksy-bluesy-pop songs are dubbed "sweet, soulful" (Veronica Chambers, Newsweek ). The lyrics, however are said to be full of hokey self-helpisms, and the album "overflows with advice intended to be inspirational" (Jon Pareles, the New York Times ). (Buy the album online.)


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