There was some kind of singsong festival going on there, most likely prayers for rain. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
Her name was Gwenda, and they were both Welsh, so they had this kind of singsong accent, which made it all the more inviting. From Wordnik.com. [Bono On Bono]
She had wrapped her arms about herself and was trembling like a naiga spore in a strong wind, moaning in a kind of singsong rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [Day of Honor]
The vizier's voice sank low, vibrating through the room in a kind of singsong rhythm that grew more pronounced as her tale continued. From Wordnik.com. [Mercadian Masques]
He appealed to them in short singsong phrases. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man] Reference
Mr. Gresley began to speak in his high, "singsong" voice. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
"Roll, roll, roll your boat," he said in singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
In parallel she lifted a singsong, I, we have!. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
"Yes, Excellency," he mimicked in a singsong voice. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Two voices answer together, in a terrible singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Blind]
He would shuffle and grin and use a singsong voice. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
He paused to remember, then began in a chanting singsong. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Now Gerry began speaking quickly in a peculiar singsong rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
“Good day, Jesse,” she said, a light singsong in her voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
"Why were you in the park?" he asked again in his singsong way. From Wordnik.com. [Tell No One]
"We will," said Blossom and Monkey-Wrench, together in singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Blossom and Monkey-Wrench] Reference
Meanwhile the singsong became an angry squawking as if in protest. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
"Get a good purchase, and none of your singsong; avast all jabber.". From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
"Well," Eric Wu said in that singsong voice, "we can always ask him.". From Wordnik.com. [Tell No One]
Then he shrugged and went back to the men and spoke in soft singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Several hundred passengers gathered round and settled into a singsong. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
She said, "Mellow out, Homer," in a singsong voice, almost crooning it. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
Not the singsong higher-pitched melodies of the elves but human voices!. From Wordnik.com. [Ascendance]
When the Foanna did make answer it came in the singsong of chanted words. From Wordnik.com. [Key Out of Time] Reference
"Come out, come out, wherever you are," he called out in a singsong voice. From Wordnik.com. [One Red Rose]
A group of union members launched into a booming "Madame President" singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Hope Alive] Reference
There was no welcome laughter, no muted chattering singsong from the servants. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
At that moment my ear caught the sound of the heartrending singsong of the Psalms. From Wordnik.com. [In Those Days The Story of an Old Man] Reference
His voice had slipped into the singsong cadence again, underscored by raw emotion. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
Give musical tone and a fitting modulation, or tune, avoiding the so - called singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
In these cities it is usually the singsong English of negroes from the British colonies. From Wordnik.com. [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference
And over all was the perpetual pulsating, singsong murmur suggesting an enormous beehive. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
The questions and answers should be given with varied intonation to avoid monotonous singsong. From Wordnik.com. [Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium] Reference
“Mr. Preston?” said Leslie, his secretary, in that delicious, smooth, singsong voice of hers. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
The gentle singsong of the coast rolled out the terrible pronouncement like pebbles under a wave. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
While she cleared the dishes, Brendan and Ashley marched back down the hallway in a singsong chant. From Wordnik.com. [Mary, Mary]
And while no one who knows Kerrey would accuse him of being a phony, his singsong, contrived "passion" can make him sound like one. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For Authenticity] Reference
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