noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
sing
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Here was a community in which people argued fiercely about theology, even sang ballads about predestination.
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As they walk they sing a special ballad composed by the archdeacon's niece for the occasion.
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And then they couldn't sing a ballad in the key that they recorded it because of some studio trick!
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She sings ballads very well and she can do ragtime like no-one you've ever heard.
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Then, from somewhere beyond the imposing stone wall, came a sweet voice singing a haunting ballad .
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A man and his wife positioned themselves in the middle of one of the tree-lined avenues and sang ballads to a harmonica.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Peggy ScottAdams's provocative ballad is hitting radio audiences like an emotional bomb.
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The results are exquisite-moving from ballads and other composed pieces through different grades of abstraction to total collective improvisation.
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Transfixing and intense, their dark, wine-soaked ballads and lock-tite harmonies are addictive.
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Where previous boy-girl ballads dealt with prom night nerves or playground jealousies.