How do you use the word "sing" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "sing": Are you going to sing here? We want you to sing the song.

Sing Meaning

/ˈsɪŋ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

verbTo perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.

Sentence Examples

Are you going to sing here?

We want you to sing the song.

I just can't sing in tune!

CEFR Practice Quiz

Every morning, the birds always start to ____ loudly outside my window.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She decided to ____ her favorite song at the talent show to impress the judges.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English singen, from Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sjunge (“to sing”), West Frisian sjonge (“to sing”), Dutch zingen (“to sing”), German Low German singen (“to sing”), German singen (“to sing”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synge (“to sing”), Swedish sjunga (“to sing”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic syngja (“to sing”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 14:3:

"In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road." — 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266:

"⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away." — 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36:

"The evening was still very warm, and the birds in the woods were singing in praise of spring." — 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 68:

"O'er his head the flying spear / Sang innocent, and spent its force in air." — 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XXII”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

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