How to Use sing in a Sentence

sing

1 of 2 verb
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  • She sings in the choir.
  • The kettle sang on the stove.
  • Do you hear the birds singing?
  • I can't sing the high notes.
  • The children danced and sang.
  • He sang softly to the baby.
  • She's a great actress, and she can dance and sing, too.
  • The bullet sang past his helmet.
  • We all stood and sang the national anthem.
  • The whole room of about a dozen people joined in to sing along.
    — Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Cory Wells sang this song so well — the way it should be sung — kind of fun and rock and roll.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Fun fact: Neil Young has sung a lot about the moon—28 times to be exact!
    — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 16 June 2023
  • Harmonies sung at the top of my lungs in the backseat of my parents’ car.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
  • And the actor couldn't help but sing his pup's praises.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The 46-year-old songstress can sing, dance, and write books—among many, many other things.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 16 June 2023
  • All a user needs to do is sing a little, and then the service does the rest.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The goal, of course, is to sing second, as the winning team’s song is performed last.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • All morning, the city sang, danced and welcomed back its team.
    — Hyojung Kim, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • We in the non-good singing community paid to be able to go and sing.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The chorus melody is very clear, easy to remember, and, above all, easy to sing along to.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In 1967 the Beatles sang about Penny Lane in our ears and in our hearts.
    — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Fans were quick to voice their opinion and sing the pair’s praises in the comments.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 11 June 2023
  • Some people like to sing in the shower; Heidi Klum likes to dance.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Horan plays his guitar and sings the lyrics to his The Show standout.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2023
  • Against the backdrop of a rising sun, dozens of Osage danced and sang around a drum, bringing the crowd to its feet.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
  • There was a war going on and nobody wanted to sing about it.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • My uncle plays the piano, and my mother’s cousin sings on the guitar.
    — Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • People sing and dance around the fire and share good wishes for the upcoming year.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Streisand sings it with astute, rueful humor and a touch of heartache.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Bettinelli-Olpin played guitar, sang and co-wrote some of the songs for the band, which toured nationally.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
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sing

2 of 2 noun
  • Took over the room upstairs and just had a big sing song and a drink up.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 5 June 2022
  • And at the end of the chorus, that whole primal sing-yell thing came out.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2022
  • There’s sing barfi, cham cham barfi, and what must be pista barfi.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • As Hoppus sang the hit song, fans in the crowd and the team members joined him for a sing-along.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The movie is filled with hand games, sing-alongs and natural hair.
    — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Tickets are $25 for the emceed shows, and $20 for the sing-along; all include a prop bag.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The pastor described him as a 21-year-old man who could play the drums and bass as well as sing.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 16 June 2021
  • These are the games that make my button-mashing heart sing.
    — Swapna Krishna, Wired, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The two remained close friends since the release of the movie, and even reunited for a Grease sing-along in 2019.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The evoking lyrics to this melancholic tune sing of a heartbreak.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 2 July 2022
  • Lively bars and restaurants are a key part of the brand; there are even fun Karaoke Rooms for a sing-song with friends.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Everyone was welcome to come eat and feast and dance and sing.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Again, the tune is huge, destined for monstrous sing-alongs and shimmying in the aisles.
    — Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Here are some ideas on how to make your women’s bracket sing.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Supporters had been told to clap rather than cheer or sing.
    — NBC News, 8 July 2021
  • The chorale is replacing the event with a free outdoor sing-along on the Music Center’s plaza on Dec. 20.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2021
  • In Queens, she was even compelled to get behind the microphone and sing.
    — New York Times, 16 July 2021
  • The parade started with a sing-along to a recording of the national anthem.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 July 2021
  • The parody sing-along ought to cover all two decades of Invite songs.
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Uniiqu3 comes through with a sing-along for all the black sheep on the dance floor, and Big Freedia finishes the show with a daring bit of finesse.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Carson will stand behind the bar while Blake will lead live music sing-alongs with his house band.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 6 May 2022
  • There will also be meet and greets - and of course plenty of sing-alongs at Broadway karaoke sessions.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2021
  • The reasons why bowheads sing are a mystery to both hunters and scientists.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The sing-song in her voice brought a smile to my face, knowing she, too, reveled in my stupidity.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • There was a sense of celebration in the air as speakers called on people to rise up from their chairs, lift their hands in the air and sing.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The Little Mermaid Live and a pair of Disney’s quarantine-era sing-alongs.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
  • Several of Guglielmo’s friends help with supplies and creating the fire, as well as with the sing-along.
    — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Sometimes Meehan took to the piano, leading sing-alongs.
    — Longreads, 12 Aug. 2021
  • There’s a special glide to road movies, and Morales finds it quickly, knowing when to linger in the car for radio sing-alongs (Christian trap?
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 June 2021
  • It’s been an exciting year for Jung Kook, particularly in music, with a string of solo sings.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2023

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