[
UK
/sˈəʊlfəl/
]
[ US /ˈsoʊɫfəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈsoʊɫfəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
full of or expressing deep emotion
soulful eyes
soulful music
How To Use soulful In A Sentence
- The uncluttered arrangements make a perfect fit with Haggard's direct and soulful singing - an object lesson all round.
- These largely acoustic songs reacquaint us with his tremulous, soulful vocals and cutting lyrical style.
- A spin on the foot-to-the-floor musical approach is provided by the soulful vocal of Lisa Kekaula - perhaps this is what sets this band apart from the average recyclers of pop history.
- Two examples, from her impressive "Transformation" disc, are the pianist's soulful performance of Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in F Minor and her sprightly, exceptionally characterful transversal of Igor Stravinsky's Three Movements From "Petrushka," a transcription based on his ballet score. The Fast and the Serious
- Think a big guitar sound, bouncing bass lines, Liberal dashes of Hammond organ, skyscraping harmonies and the most soulful vocal you're ever likely to hear on this Island and you're halfway there.
- Her features were fine; her soulful green eyes sparkled with excitement, and her rosebud mouth was turned up in an unconscious smile.
- Everything seems so artificial, and not soulful and not passionate.
- It is the intense hunger for soul food, soulful music, spirited dance, and wild, ecstatic, celebrative praise, whether it be voiced by the ghosts of former African slaves on Congo Square or by the choirs of old-time Black Churches, or the bands backing Second Line dancers, or the street music in dialogue with window shoppers and feast-ready patrons. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
- It gave his face a lean, rather surprisingly attractive ascetic look—the look of long-distance runners, saints, martyrs, and fanatics, the kind of elongated, soulful face that El Greco painted so hauntingly. Twilight
- His beautiful, booming voice had transformed this meek man into a powerful, soulful star. The Sun