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torchy
[ tawr-chee ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
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Example Sentences
But the new version â trading vocals with the dynamic, torchy Chilean belter Mon Laferte â uncovers the retro bolero underlying the song.
That honor goes to Jackie Ormes, the creator of the âTorchy Brownâ comics and âPatty-Jo ânâ Ginger.â
And she bemoans being separated â even by her own choices â in the torchy âAround the Treeâ and in the tinkling march âNo Holiday.â
As a singer, Lynn applied what she learned from the twang and vibrato of Kitty Wells and the torchy intensity of Patsy Cline to her own voice: reedy and tart with steely underpinnings, ready to summon tearfulness or indignation, slyly eluding the beat to hesitate at one moment and blurt something the next.
Equally potent are Fannyâs torchy âThe Music That Makes Me Dance,â and a finale in which Fanny pulls herself out of an emotional cellar, proof of the preternatural resilience that defines a mortal who thrives in the limelight.
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