How to Use musical in a Sentence

musical

1 of 2 adjective
  • She has a very musical voice.
  • Who is host and who is musical guest?
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Styles is the host and musical guest for this episode.
    — William Earl, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Styles hosts the show and serves as the musical guest next week.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Fela built musical depth, not trends.
    — Obi Asika, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • What was your first musical epiphany?
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • A lot of that came from movies and musical theater.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 June 2026
  • Now, the hit show is getting a naughty makeover as a musical.
    — Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This tour gives us the chance to combine the best of both musical worlds.
    — The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
  • This is his second time as host and musical guest.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This sung-through musical pulled off something of a coup of its own.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Use the musical as a palate cleanser of sorts from some of these other fright fests.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Styles is serving as this week's host and musical guest.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Geese will be the musical guest during her episode.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • He will be joined by Jack White as the musical guest.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The last time Kennedy put on a musical was nearly a decade ago.
    — Melanie Asmar, Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The musical lineup this year is stacked!
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Black sang in that sketch along with musical guest Jack White.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the greatest musical moments of my life were in that barn.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • K-pop is less a genre than a mode of musical production.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Here are some of the musical highlights.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Will there be fables about musical sand dunes on Mars?
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The best song in the musical that involves a teddy bear.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The musical lovingly tips its hat to those beloved shows of the past.
    — Courtney Cole, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Is there a lyrical or a musical moment that speaks to you in some sort of way now?
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And Colbert got to show off his musical chops.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • The song is an anthem for a lot of young musical-theater acolytes.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Who are some of the artists who have had the biggest impact on your musical style?
    — David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But given the current state of the non-musical world, who knows?
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Clive, for all his success in rock and pop, loved musical theater.
    — Michael Riedel, Vanity Fair, 22 June 2026

musical

2 of 2 noun
  • Jack is back, this time as the hero of his own musical.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Not many musicals can say the same.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a great match for the way musicals can change on a dime.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Plays or musicals that stuck with you?
    — Heidi Gardner, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Whether this is a new opera or a new musical is open to debate.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • For many of us, new musicals is more a matter of none of the above, this year.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • And musicals give you access to the soul.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Dec. 2025
  • His favorite things in the world are musicals.
    — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • At the church, members would go to worship and sing in musicals.
    — Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But musicals have not been part of his repertoire, until now.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Michael has played many roles in both plays and musicals throughout his high school career.
    — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • There are straight plays, Glenn explains to him, and then there are musicals.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • Not all musicals will be as demanding as that.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of that really did come from my dance background and my love of musicals.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Aidan is a drummer and has played for several of our school musicals.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And now her tunes have been fashioned into a musical about her life, art and activism.
    — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The past was more than prologue even for the more prominent new musicals.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • The outlook is rosier for plays, which made more money than musicals this season.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 June 2026
  • But, this is one of the things about good songs and musicals, is they’re supposed to punt to the song and let the song dunk.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, musicals aren't foreign for Grande.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That, to me, is the Mount Olympus of film musicals.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The theater has offered four musicals a year for nearly two decades.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The children need musicals, too.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • This is a show made by people who clearly love musicals, for audiences who do too.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • For many of us, the new musicals category is more a matter of none of the above, this year.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 7 June 2026
  • If nothing else, this is one of the most affirmative musicals of the last decade.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, musicals were increasingly sourced from films.
    — Hanna Zakharenko, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • That spark led him to take on several musicals over the next few years, honing his voice and stage presence.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In some cases big musicals even get extensive rewrites.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • As often happens in many book musicals, Act 1 feels stronger.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025

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