Ballad

//ˈbæləd//

"Ballad" in a Sentence (14 examples)

Having found a suitable human host, an ambitious Cuba Libre sang a beautiful ballad at the karaoke bar.

Evidently, no one can resist reading the ballad "Chavayn" by Olyk Ipay.

An ancient ballad on the subject, which, however, bears marks of having been tampered with, states, on the other hand, that Gradlon led his people into extravagances of every kind, and that Dahut received the key from him, the misuse of which precipitated the catastrophe.

Dahut, the ballad continues, became a mermaid and haunted the waters which roll over the site of the city where she loved and feasted.

“Fisherman,” ends the ballad, “have you seen the daughter of the sea combing her golden hair in the midday sun at the fringes of the beach?”

This ballad is thirty verses long.

During her childhood years, Lady Gaga learned to play piano completely by ear at age 4, and by 13 she had written her first piano ballad.

Tom was singing a rock ballad.

The morning sky was blue with white streaks, this 31st of July of 2025. I had some cold and hot drinks and Spinach and Egg White Omelette Bites at Tim Hortons café. I walked to South Arm Park to view the forest. "We Are the Champions," a '70s rock ballad by Queen, blared from a parked yellow and black school bus. At the park in the mornings, usually, there were people doing tàijíquán to Eastern music on their smartphone. On my way home, on Pigott Road, in front of a mansion, was a Sikh wedding with loud music and colourful turbans and saris. On my Social Media, despite these things happening, some Japanese think that BC is still like Alaska.

The poet composed a ballad praising the heroic exploits of the fallen commander.

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Of all varieties of poetry, the Ballad, in the form which it affects among us, in distinction to other countries, is, perhaps, one of the most attractive.

A wandering minstrel I — / A thing of shreds and patches, / Of ballads, songs and snatches, / And dreamy lullaby!

On Friday nights, the roller rink had a time-block called "Lovers' Lap" when they played nothing but ballads on the overhead speakers.

He was playing the guitar and singing a ballad to his girlfriend while she was playing the drums.

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