Sentence examples for during a ballad from inspiring English sources
He did, however, prove himself to be fairly adept at the Q-shaped plinth he'd been plonked on, shooting down the tail whenever he wanted to look earnest, like U2 during a ballad.
He would play fairly loudly with sticks, or play free-rhythm pitter-pattering during a ballad with strong guitar rhythm, or shift into triplet phrasing when you thought you were supposed to be paying attention to the mood Ms. Nastasia was setting.
The first strong moment of contact came during a ballad, where Morrissey's sharp croon of "I have seen these things happening before, now they're happening to me" merged with the surging music, which in turn seemed to be synchronized with the crowd's tangible waves of response.
At one point, the band asked for the stage lights to be dimmed so as to let the crowd show the love using the displays of any gadgets they had on hand, lighters-during-a-power-ballad style.
That confrontational stance was abandoned during a lone ballad, Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood," which he played from a seated position, like Dexter Gordon in his twilight years.
The lighting designer Hugh Vanstone tailored his cues for this production's more direct approach, dimming the lights, for example, during a sorrowful ballad sung by Priya.
The mind can't rest as it struggles to make sense of a woman warbling the title song as a man balances an umbrella on his head, of a dance number superseded by a diabolo routine, of lampshades fluttering about like so many tasseled UFOs during a love ballad.
All around me, people were texting and twittering, their devices distractingly glowing like lighters during a rock ballad.
But her croon will make you swoon, most effectively during a breakup ballad such as "Last Love Song," which she said was written after falling "very deeply in love," then getting "my heart ripped out of my chest".
Beyond "Nuages," Reinhardt tunes likely to make their way into the Picture House set are, Mr. Alden said, "Douce Ambiance," a gypsy anthem first recorded during the war, and "Tears," a ballad.
