singsong

Example Sentences

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“Of course I have bragging rights,” she said in a singsong tone after the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

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

Spacious, ethereal and recorded at Metro Boomin’s house, the track’s disorienting, calliope-style melody and barely there drums leave an open gulf for ILoveMakonnen’s singsong vocal to shine.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Designed to unite parishioners stuck at home during Covid lockdown, his "a tipple and a singsong" idea took off and attracted worshippers as far away as Brazil.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

And yes, I had that stutter and lisp, but I also had that singsong reservation accent that made everything I said sound like a bad poem.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie