How to Use troubadour in a Sentence

troubadour

noun
  • But what makes this 59-year-old troubadour stand out are his best lyrics.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
  • And Gilmore predicts a return to the studio will be in store for the two troubadours.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2018
  • There were plenty of singer-songwriters, but no two troubadours sounded alike.
    — Terence Cawley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2019
  • The troubadour had done his homework.
    — John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But the aura is straight-up emo, giving Snoop a woozy troubadour vibe.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
  • These two true troubadours may be among the best songwriters in music, regardless of genre.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Java Joe’s, the then-budding teen troubadour was hired as a barista.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • That Grohl isn't thought of as an artist who reinvents himself or a troubadour isn't a knock on him.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Seals did not travel the standard route to strumming troubadour.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2022
  • Apple first rose to fame as a troubadour of sad songs gilded with rage, her voice burning with emotion.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • This isn’t a romantic tale of a restless troubadour riding the rails, though.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The red-bearded troubadour lives on a farm in rural Virginia.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • So good luck playing the Nobel-winning troubadour in a movie.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Stroll around the Artist Quarter, where troubadours serenade passersby in the evenings.
    — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026
  • Medieval Europe, an era that gave us heraldry, court jesters, and troubadours, is rendered in dull, grayish brown hues.
    — Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • What results may remind some of a fellow Irish troubadour named Van.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • But the history of Laurel Canyon dates back much farther than aging troubadours.
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The city created a park with a bronze sculpture of a troubadour anchoring a street corner.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Marlon has the charisma of an old school rock front man and the soulful lyrics of a Seventies troubadour.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021
  • Thank you for being a lifer, for being a shirtless, sunburned troubadour, for your friendship, your songs and all the laughs.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
  • As for what this 20th-century troubadour would sing, well, that was Dylan’s job.
    — Adam Langer, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Grimes and his wife are devotees of Canadian prairie troubadour Colter Wall.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2022
  • But as British troubadours Chad and Jeremy sang long ago, that was yesterday, and yesterday’s gone.
    — Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • The north-of-the-border troubadour has been a long time gone; his Wednesday date is part of his first US tour in eight years.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • But this time, the candidate wasn’t praising the Garden State troubadour.
    — Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
  • Most of the album stays pretty close to the idea of Young the world has always been most comfortable with, the classic-rock hero and folk-rock troubadour.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In the film, Seeger is portrayed as a secular saint — serene and good humored, the troubadour as social justice warrior.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Its name is literal, since this legendary troubadour cited a major hearing loss as the reason for his retirement.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The three troubadours first famously shared the stage at the first Farm Aid benefit concert in 1985.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps the international biennial is not doomed to fade away like the art of the medieval troubadour or the magic-lantern show.
    — Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026

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