How to Use sing in a Sentence

sing

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
  • 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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