Thesaurus results for SUNG

sung

verb

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past participle of sing

as in chanted

to produce musical sounds with the voice it's relatively rare to find actors who can also sing well

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as in intoned

to utter in musical or drawn out tones the cantor sang the prayers before the entire congregation

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as in called

to utter one's distinctive animal sound I can hear a bird singing in the distance

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called
cried

as in informed

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities once he saw the kind of jail time he was facing, the suspect was singing loud and clear to the police

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Recent Examples of sung At her request, it was sung at her funeral, which was in 2019. —

John Ficarra, Washington Post, 8 May 2026 First, there was the stealth appearance of a B-2 Spirit bomber, which glided like a quiet bird in flight as the national anthem, sung by 10-year-old Alexandria Arango, was winding down. —

Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026 The first time Carrick’s chant is sung inside the ground comes just as the game goes into first-half stoppage time. —

Chris McKenna, New York Times, 4 May 2026 What we’re left with is a fairly superficial skate across the surface of the history of American popular song, albeit one that’s quite well sung. —

Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026 Recent therapyspeak hasn’t sounded this empathetically sung. —

Alfred Soto, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026 One person who sung Stribling’s praises was his high school coach from Hawaii, Darren Hernandez. —

Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Three songs sung by popular characters in Frozen 2, Encanto and Moana 2 are going to be released in American Sign Language for Disney Animation's Songs in Sign Language initiative on Monday, April 27. —

Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 But another way to put that is that the Jackson 5, led by Michael and his mini James Brown moves and unprecedented soprano soul virtuosity (no child in history has sung with that adult phrasing), are going to be his meal ticket. —

Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026

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Howe needs fan backing, with his style of football thriving on unity across the club, and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the chairman, heard the head coach’s name chanted by a significant portion of the crowd.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 3 May 2026
Mostly left off the list were Washington’s supporters — who loudly screamed and chanted in the gallery.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026