for a song

Example Sentences

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Ironically, for a song about burnout, it's exhausting to listen to.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

He later signed to Sheeran's record label, Gingerbread Records, and has toured and collaborated with him on numerous occasions, even winning an Emmy alongside Sheeran for a song written for the Ted Lasso soundtrack.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“O’Neill may have a fight on her hands to ensure BP’s not sold for a song, and to keep a seat at the table if it were to join forces with a competitor,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Too many of my fellow travelers back then felt that to party even for a song was to betray the revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

John had heard it, too, and had responded by wriggling, and moving his hands in the air, and making noises, meant, she supposed, to be taken for a song.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin