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Collocations for sing - verb

ADVERB

loud, loudly, lustily
The birds sang louder than ever.
gently, quietly, softly
He was singing quietly to himself.
beautifully, sweetly, well
badly
cheerfully, happily, joyfully, merrily
Birds sang cheerfully in the trees.
a bit (esp. BrE), a little
She could sing a little and agreed to take part in the show.
live
Have you ever heard the band sing live?
professionally
together
We played and sang together.

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VERB + sing

be able to, can
I can't sing very well.

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PREPOSITION

about
boy bands singing about love
to
Shall I sing to you?

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PHRASES

be sung to the tune of sth
The lyrics were sung to the tune of the Beatles' ‘Eleanor Rigby’.
sing at the top of your lungs (AmE), sing at the top of your voice (BrE)
sing like an angel
sing out of tune
Unfortunately, he was singing out of tune.
sing sb to sleep
Her mother sang her to sleep.

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Sing is used with these nouns as the subject:
bird, choir, cricket, kettle, musician, singer, tenor, voice, whale

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Sing is used with these nouns as the object:
bar, blues, chant, chorus, hymn, lead, lyrics, measure, melody, music, note, opera, part, piece, refrain, rhyme, role, scale, snatch, solo, song, soprano, tenor, tune, word

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