sing-song
Example Sentences
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“Company,” a reggae tune with a guest appearance from Jamaican dancehall vocalist Buju Banton, gives Ms. Lennox an opportunity to try on a sing-song melodic guise and it suits her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
His speech ping-ponged between self-pity and incoherence, delivered in that odd sing-song quiet voice he uses when his aides tell him to act "serious."
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024
Various works written in traditional “waka” style were presented Friday, solemnly read aloud in a sing-song way, like a chant, as the imperial family watched.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024
“I’m country,” she says, slipping into her people’s sing-song patois.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023
And as he mounted and swung about to leave the British officer, he heard her shrilling in a horrible sing-song, ‘He loves the Brit-ish. He loves the Brit-ish.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
