sung

¹

[ suhng ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of sing.

Sung

²

[ soong ]

noun

1. a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.

Sung

¹

/ sʊŋ /

noun

1. an imperial dynasty of China (960–1279 ad ), notable for its art, literature, and philosophy

sung

²

/ sʌŋ /

verb

1. See sing
   the past participle of sing

adjective

1. produced by singing

   a sung syllable

Usage

See ring 2

Other Words From

• half-sung adjective
• well-sung adjective

Example Sentences

That, says Sung, “is really the promise of these new technologies in the world of digital finance.”

From Time

What that truly entails in the “million-dollar question,” says Sung.

From Time

Now of course this song can be performed in any key, but it sounds best in Eminor and in my experience is often sung there.

From The Daily Beast

The bye bye is being sung, incidentally, by mothers to their babies condemned to death by King Herod.

From The Daily Beast

The president of Mongolia is one foreigner who may not be invited back to Kim Il Sung University anytime soon.

From The Daily Beast

And the school in question is none other than Kim Il Sung University.

From The Daily Beast

“Font, logo, edge finish, surface finish … everything is different from ours,” said Sung Hwang, the general manager.

From The Daily Beast

Poets and dramatists sung its praises, while others wrote of its wonderful medicinal qualities.

From Project Gutenberg

As Edna waited for her husband she sang low a little song that Robert had sung as they crossed the bay.

From Project Gutenberg

She, however, had died two years since, and those who stood by her death-bed declared that she had sung herself into heaven.

From Project Gutenberg

Then it is sung softly like the farmhand quartettes do in the rural melodrama outside the old homestead in harvest time.

From Project Gutenberg

And thou art to them as a musical song which is sung with a sweet and agreeable voice: and they hear thy words, and do them not.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• articulate
• choral
• operatic
• verbal