How to Use lyric in a Sentence

lyric

1 of 2 noun
  • Talk about a lyric for our time.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Like the wind blew her lyrics away.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Songs and lyrics can do that to you.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • And there weren’t even lyrics on it?
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
  • And there weren’t even lyrics on it?
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But there were no lyrics for the song yet.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The lyrics are, at long last, here to stay.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Brian just had five lines of lyrics.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • But the lyrics have always been my place.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
  • And his actions speak as loud as his lyrics.
    — Thor Christensen, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The lyrics don’t bother me that much.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
  • All of that is displayed in his lyrics.
    — Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The lyrics can confuse you, too.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Could that be because of your lyrics?
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That could be through writing lyrics.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That type of lyric rarely comes around anymore.
    — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
  • As to whether the lyrics are a match for the action?
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • Some of them could be seen singing along or mouthing the lyrics to the songs.
    — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Are those the only lyrics fans will need to study up on?
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The lyrics are inspired by Trevor.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2026
  • Springsteen asked for the song’s lyrics to be pulled up on a teleprompter.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The lyrics were a nice Broadway mash-up too.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 June 2026
  • The band still hadn’t heard the whole song, just some chords and bars, and no lyrics.
    — John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The song’s lyrics are a letter to a friend whose lover has just left them.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2026
  • The lyrics began as a letter to him.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The backlash is not about her lyrics or her image.
    — Laurel Elder, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • At what point do the lyrics start to come together?
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • His lyrics are very explicit in the song.
    — Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • Listen to the track and read the lyrics below.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The thing that turns off some people about Phish is their lyrics.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2023

lyric

2 of 2 adjective
  • Loose lyric sheets littered the floor.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Royce with his light lyric tenor and a more pop/urban sound.
    — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The lyric video for the movie included scenes from the movie.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity.com, 21 June 2017
  • On the third go-round of the chorus, the singer blows a lyric and just leaves it that way.
    — Longreads, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Okay, my lyric-writing may not be perfect, but at least these eggs are.
    — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Best to watch the tune’s official lyric video online and call it a day.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • For all its darker colorations, the film is a lyric ode to the goodness in mankind.
    — Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The lyric test fits into a broader pattern.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Those users may not even notice the lyric restriction.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The footage shows the two artists talking about the song, yes, but not the lyric Swift didn't like.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The title track is the first release from the album, and the lyric video can be seen above.
    — Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2020
  • But Record of the Year is not a pertinence or a lyric award.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • For now, Google continues to frame lyric limits as a test.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Release Party was a lot of lyric music videos.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The lyric videos were taken on the set of the music video and promo shoots for the album.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • He was known as a sports fan, rap lyric aficionado and a deep thinker, the story noted.
    — Hannah Sparling, USA TODAY, 14 June 2017
  • Much to the audience’s dismay, the lyric videos are all the clean versions of songs.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The lyric video features scenes from the movie in which Dion makes her film acting debut.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There's a funky lyric video to accompany the singe's release.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Neither one gets another step in its lyric imagery.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The lyric video also highlights scenes of the group doing a photo shoot for the single.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But this edition is on clear vinyl with an exclusive lyric poster and gatefold jacket.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Fans are in store for a pleasant surprise, as Evans presents her new song as an official lyric video.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 11 May 2017
  • Once the sound enters the brain, neurons shoot up across different parts to decode each lyric, melody and rhythm.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • At Blue Note, there’s nowhere to hide—every lyric lands, every silence speaks.
    — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The word in rap songs had been an abstract lyric or bouncy rhyme unconnected to race or himself.
    — Victoria Brown, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The lyric video includes Cardi glowing in gold in the back seat of a matching golden car.
    — Vulture, 12 July 2022
  • Six songs from her catalog, including the new single, reach the list with lyric usage and search gains.
    — Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Even in the big lyric theme, Roberts was not content to rely on the familiar melody and setting.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2017
  • The pandemic special is not available online, but why not queue up this lyric video version for a pick-me-up?
    — Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026

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