Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "blues"
  • present tense form of blue (3rd person singular).
  • plural of blue.
Search instead for bluets.
Definitions

blues

[blooz] / bluz /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Participating bands tend to fall into genres that organizers find engage crowds most, including Bluegrass, rock, blues and Americana.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The right map above illustrates that shift, with lighter reds and blues showing much smaller rates of change during that decade.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

"I was put me in the back of an ambulance and I remember hearing the blues and twos," he recalls.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Some are born to sing the blues, as Perry once observed — just not Perry himself, who chews his way through this corny come-on like an overserved uncle at the Hard Rock Cafe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

If she drew herself right now, she’d use all the watery blues, her whole solid body dripping and melting into a puddle like the Wicked Witch of the West.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake


Vocabulary lists containing blues

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training