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- adjective song-like
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Examples
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Of course the reason was the presence of sung propers an the absence of hymns in critical places of the Mass: entrance, offertory and communion, and also the absence of a sing-songy Psalm and its replacement with plainsong.
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If I make it sing-songy and exciting enough, my 6mo is usually willing to sit through most of the stories!
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Ryan leads you playfully to the end the diving board with rhyming words and paired sounds, delicious nouns and rich words, sing-songy cadence and consonance; you don't realize she's tied a block of cement to your foot til you're already over the edge.
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Such variation in level of stress, together with just a few substitutions, is what keeps the iambic verse from sounding sing-songy.
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His formal speeches can come across as sing-songy and melodramatic.
O'Malley is sworn in to second term as Md. governor John Wagner 2011
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Meanwhile, Andy, sing-songy vocalist-wannabe that he is, decides to start a band after getting wind of his college pal's successful music career. —
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Guess they figured that going with Doug Mclure, Jr. was a smarter bet than foisting the sing-songy creepazoid Bobby “Mr. Patel” Jindal on an unsuspecting public. ronbailey says:
Matthew Yglesias » Bob McDonnell To Attempt First Non-Horrible SOTU Response in American History 2010
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His formal speeches can come across as sing-songy and melodramatic.
O'Malley is sworn in to second term as Md. governor John Wagner 2011
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"Mike and the Fat Man" has a better, more sing-songy CBS primetime show feel to it.
Steele: Cutting Off Pro-Stimulus Republicans "Absolutely On The Table For Me" 2010
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We heard some sing-songy, grade B speechifying and anointed him another MLK -- another black man come to wash America's dirty moral linen.
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