singsong
Example Sentences
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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.
When feeling playful, Lady Constance liked to draw out her friend’s name in a singsong voice that started in a high pitch and dropped to a low one, and she did so now.
From Literature
The conductor rang his bell up and down the aisle and called in his singsong voice, “Heathcote! Heathcote station will be next!”
From Literature
Once in jail he had to “share a bath with a bloke who was in for murder,” organizing “singsongs with other prisoners” until his lawyers arranged for his release.
From Los Angeles Times
“When I think about things, I kind of convert them into cartoon characters,” explained Shilling in her cheerful, singsong voice.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
