sing the blues
Example Sentences
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Black people in this part of the city say they have lots of reasons to sing the blues and doubt Democrats and Republicans alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
“Ma says, ‘I don’t sing the blues to feel good.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2019
As a girl, she ran off to Chicago to sing the blues, and she became friends with Armstrong, Ma Rainey, Sophie Tucker, and King Oliver.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
In 1999, in a public conversation with William Ferris, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Mr. King recounted how he came to sing the blues.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2015
She listened to Janis sing the blues, her voice filled with suffering, yet tenderness.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
