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How to use sing in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Sing means to produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. Example: “"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.”

Examples of sing by meaning

verbTo produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

  • "I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.

verbTo express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.

  • sing a lullaby

verbTo soothe with singing.

  • to sing somebody to sleep

verbTo rejoice.

  • My heart was singing.

verbTo make a small, shrill sound.

  • The air sings in passing through a crevice.
  • a singing kettle
  • A strong wind was making the wires sing.

verbTo display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.

  • The sauce really makes this lamb sing.

verbIn traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.

  • ‘He says the Walcott Inlet men have sung him, and this tribe will meet the Walcott men and fight when the big walk-about comes, after the peanut season.’1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 212
  • ‘We sung them two real good.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 343

nounThe act, or event, of singing songs.

  • I sometimes have a quick sing in the shower.
  • Then all three would go off in search of the first, give it a good talking to and maybe a bit of a sing as well.1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 55
  • Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing.2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198

More sentences with sing

  • Groups of teens singing a cappella on street corners got recording contracts.From the entry a cappella
  • The paradigm of "to sing" is "sing, sang, sung". The verb "to ring" follows the same paradigm.From the entry paradigm
  • If you think her piano playing is bad, you should hear her sing!From the entry should
  • You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off.From the entry knock someone's socks off
  • Her whimsical Halloween decorations include dancing skeletons who sing an eerie song.From the entry skeleton
  • When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.From the entry channel
  • The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.From the entry audience
  • I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.From the entry audio
  • That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.From the entry painfully
  • Dancing with everyone, singing show tunes all night: that was Luke all over.From the entry all over
  • Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.From the entry heedless
  • None of the new choristers can sing in tune but they will learn soon enough.From the entry chorister
  • The show's singing and acting was excellent, but the choreography was dull and poorly-done.From the entry choreography
  • A recessional hymn is sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.From the entry recessional
  • The campers decided to have a wiener roast before singing songs around the campfire.From the entry wiener roast
  • She loves to sing karaoke, but there are a few songs that she refuses to cover.From the entry a few
  • Let's both search the house for my wallet. If you find it, sing out.From the entry sing out
  • The Persian Jews have a Passover minhag to beat each other with vegetables when singing Dayenu.From the entry minhag
  • Will you stop singing, please? You're making a show of yourself.From the entry make a show of oneself
  • Every morning, there are birds right outside my window singing their hearts out.From the entry one's heart out
  • Get a load of my no-fidelity radio: my neighbor is singing off-tune while he weeds his garden.From the entry no fidelity
  • The show ends after the fat lady sings.From the entry after
  • He was sleeping while I was singing.From the entry while
  • We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.From the entry fire
  • I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.From the entry attempt
  • The chorus's singing won the hearts of the audience.From the entry heart
  • The note was too low for her to sing.From the entry low

Meaning of sing

  1. verb To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
  2. verb To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
  3. verb To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.

Full definition of sing

Questions about sing in a sentence

How do you use sing in a sentence?
Sing is used as a verb and noun. For example: “"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.”
What is a short sentence with sing?
“a singing kettle”
What does sing mean?
Sing means to produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sing (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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