Word: lilted
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...Viscount had said, climbing the gangplank of the vessel as Roxanna huffed behind him with the Viscountess’ bags.“I did. And I presume that you have spoken to the tenants and... other servants,” the Viscountess replied. There had been a questioning lilt to her voice.“I did.”“I hope that you spoke in a manner befitting your station,” Felicity continued, in the same questioning lilt.“As much as you have acted in a manner befitting your station...
...forgettable that it’s hard to even remember what made the disc so terrible. Throughout, Collett sings in a voice reminiscent of Bob Dylan and occasionally even channels the folk legend through harmonica riffs. But while he’s got the sound and the lilt down, Collett possesses only a tiny fraction of Dylan’s songwriting talent. He seemingly lacks the ability to create anything inventive, interesting, or meaningful. From time to time, Collett throws in a couple of different instruments and marginally varies a tune or two, but overall he fails to break...
...futuristic “Star Wars” feel to it, “Shawty Get Loose” looks Spaceballs-cheap: it’s gaudy and completely ridiculous. Lil Mama starts things off dancing in an insanely well-lit corridor. She raps with a subtle melodic lilt over a boomingly percussive beat, a combination reminiscent of Gwen Stefani’s 2004 “Hollaback Girl.” In fact, New York’s own Lil Mama has a lot in common (particularly lyrically) with Orange County’s Stefani. A close listen...
...architect responsible for the first piece of Harvard’s new campus revealed his philosophy for green design to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last night—and how it will extend to his designs for Allston. With a slight staccato lilt that hints at his German origins, architect Stefan Behnisch, known for his environmentally-sound designs, explained that for him sustainability does not simply refer to numerical measures of energy consumption. “It’s more than that. It has a qualitative aspect,” he said...
...Tony Barriteau, the director of athletics at Arlington’s Oakridge School, which Akpan attended all the way from K-12, speaks with a distinctive Caribbean lilt (he is a native of Trinidad) when he calls the town “a very diverse community...