singsong

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He is so many stages beyond the phase of life when I would speak to him in a singsong voice about patchwork elephants that it is laughable even to think of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

But its pièce de résistance for Roffman was Caselotti herself, who was home that afternoon and happy to entertain strangers with her cherubic singsong cadence.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

The Frankenstein patchwork of his face has echoes of Alasdair Gray's chiselled artwork and he uses the same gentle accent and singsong voice as Gray himself.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

A tweak here gives the story a singsong rhythm; a shift there adds a note of absurdism.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Vendors shouting in singsong voices to attract passersby, just the way Rani and I used to do.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman