Sentence examples for a ballad for from inspiring English sources

"All I Do Is Grind: A Ballad For George Orwell" by Felicia Megginson.

"Children of the Universe" is at least a bit different, it's not a ballad for starters.

But behind the rough exterior, he is the kind of person who would write a ballad for Missy, his dog.

One of my classmates proposed a ballad for two roommates torn apart by the Civil War; Pete and Cara suggested something less somber — maybe something humorous.

Nashville's really turning out for George Jones.' " A few weeks later, Stevens selected "Love Reign O'er Me," a ballad, for part of the Who's tribute.

Of course reminiscence was everywhere: in comments by Mr. Avakian and others, in video tributes and in "Music Is Forever," a ballad for which Ms. Ross wrote the lyrics.

The song, a ballad of support for gay and lesbian rights, was recorded during the 2012 campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of Washington.

Like its original in the "Wizard Of Oz," the song is a ballad of hope for future happiness and the realization of our dreams.

The path to a better world may just run through a Muslim mosh-pit, or a Nashville ballad for a black President.

"The Bathrooms Are Coming," written by Siegel, featured a song about revolution—"bathroom revolution"—and a lyrical ballad for an actress, titled "My Bathroom" (a woman's bathroom is "a private kind of place" in which, the character sings, she can "cream and dream").

One song pays homage to an age "when garbage was a pleasure" — huh? — while another is a soaring ballad for a supporting character, the lovesick Nina (Katy Treharne), whose romantic plight comes from nowhere and is barely referenced again.