lilting

• Apollo's lilting island melodies were supplanted by wistful spirituals that sang of a home never to be reached in this pilgrim lifetime. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
• The Bahamanians moved like they spoke, lilting, unrushed, almost musically dragging out the syllables. —  BringingDowntheHouse
• Jestryn gave a quiet call, a kind of lilting whistle, and a like signal answered it from down the slope. —  Cherryh,_C.J._-_Exiles_Gate.htm
• The flute played an eerie, lilting, enticing melody, which floated out through the clamor of battle and brought a sudden hush. —  Castle Roogna
• She began plainly enough with what he recognized as a Lierish nursery tune, a simple melody played quite naturally in etrama, the mode known also as the Lamp of Night, lilting, plaintive, soothing. —  THE BLOOD KNIGHT

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