How to Use sing in a Sentence

sing

1 of 2 verb
  • 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
  • Females prefer partners that sing like the birds the females grew up with.
    Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
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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
  • There will be holiday music sing-along in the church on Nov. 20 and music groups will perform on Nov. 21.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021

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