“The lilt of her voice floated around them in the steamy air, soft and hypnotic.”
“Appreciation may be greatly enhanced by a vivid response on our part to all its elements, i.e., to the swing of the meter, and the lilt of the rhythm.”
“Bintou is sitting on a stool outside the kitchen door, singing a lilt from her home town in Cassamance.”
lilting
A type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung.
