SINGER in a Sentence

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66 example sentences for SINGER, such as:

1. It's the singer not the song.
2. The singer and the accompanist went out together.
3. David Bowie is the stage name of the singer David Jones.
4. She wants to be known as a singer rather than as a sex symbol.
5. They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities.

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singer
 n.  a person who sings
 n.  United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  I heard the name Vasakova, Vasakova, repeated several times with lively interest, and presently I asked him whether he were talking about the singer, Maria Vasak.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
2  But speak not a syllable; it is rare for a white voice to pitch itself properly in the woods, as we have seen by the example of that miserable devil, the singer.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
3  Now, the singer was beginning to be footsore and leg-weary, as is plain by his trail.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
4  The singer did as he was ordered, and Uncas found his limbs released.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
5  The exercises of his family devotions were always commenced with singing; and, as he was a very poor singer himself, the duty of raising the hymn generally came upon me.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  Mrs. Strong was a very pretty singer: as I knew, who often heard her singing by herself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
7  It's the last good night there will be, this season; and there's a singer there, whom she really ought to hear.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. ENTHUSIASM
8  When he came back a few minutes later, Stepan Arkadyevitch was already in conversation with the countess about the new singer, while the countess was impatiently looking towards the door, waiting for her son.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 18
9  A celebrated singer was singing for the second time, and all the fashionable world was in the theater.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 4
10  Mr Dedalus began to sway his head to and fro, crooning like a country singer.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
11  The singer and the accompanist went out together.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
12  To follow the voice, without looking at the singer's face, was to feel and share the excitement of swift and secure flight.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
13  The song seemed to be in the old Irish tonality and the singer seemed uncertain both of his words and of his voice.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
14  and it had become a household custom, for the mother was a born singer.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
15  The song was considered a great success, and the singer retired covered with laurels.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
16  We tut-tutted our tongues about the performance of the singer.
17  Crowds flocked after the popular singer as he left the theater.
18  She never realized her ambition of becoming a professional singer.
19  She wants to be known as a singer rather than as a sex symbol.
20  It's the singer not the song.
21  There was a stampede towards the stage when the singer appeared.
22  David Bowie is the stage name of the singer David Jones.
23  She's the most exciting British singer to emerge on the pop scene for a decade.
24  An exuberant player with attractive tones on both tenor and alto, Red Holloway is also a humorous blues singer.
25  And the aspiring singer will be signed to the label regardless of where she finishes in the competition.
26  Kathleen Ferrier was the greatest oratorio singer of the time.
27  Zee Avi is a celebrated singer from Malaysia who packs an emotional wallop with her cool writing.
28  China's de facto first lady, famed military singer Peng Liyuan, seems to have gone out of her way to keep a low profile since her husband Xi Jinping was anointed as the Communist Party's top leader at its 18th National Congress last November.
29  They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities.
30  She is one of the four people on my shortlist of great singers.