Sing Sing

American  

[sing sing] / ˈsɪŋ ˌsɪŋ /

noun

1. the state prison at Ossining, New York.

2. former name of Ossining.

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Sing Sing British  

noun

1. a prison in New York State, in Ossining

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Etymology

Origin of Sing Sing

variant of Ossining

Example Sentences

Their most recent collaboration was “Sing Sing” — they’re drawn to stories about men with tender hearts — and the pair so trusted Dessner, an American composer who is also a member of the band the National, that he was able to start writing before they even completed the film.

From Los Angeles Times

The duo were recently nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay to the prison drama “Sing Sing,” but it is their earlier project “The Jockey” that this feels more in line with, full of evocative photography and quiet moments heavy with deeper meaning.

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And Colman Domingo picked up a lead actor nomination at last year’s Oscars for playing an inmate who leads a theater performance troupe in Kwedar’s “Sing Sing.”

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The Oscar nominated film “Sing Sing” had its world premiere at the 2023 edition of TIFF.

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Co-written by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, the team behind “Jockey” and “Sing Sing,” and adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella, this gorgeous movie could put you in mind of a less frenetic era and also, via its piney fog-shrouded exteriors, of the country that still exists beyond all our noise.

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