sung
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of sing.
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sung
1 American
[suhng]
/ sʌŋ /
verb
Sung
2
American
[soong]
/ sʊŋ /
Also
Song
noun
sung
1
British
/ sʌŋ /
verb
adjective
Sung
2
British
/ sʊŋ /
noun
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“It’s Raining Men” didn’t strike any ominous notes as sung by the Weather Girls in 1982, when the People’s Republic of China was just three years into its catastrophic one-child policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Yet another “no,” the song’s final word, becomes its own tiny sonic event—wavering then piercing, sliding way up in pitch, more released than sung.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
I’ve happily sung the praises of jarred garlic and frozen ginger cubes.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
It’s also his first record sung predominantly in Spanish — along with the occasional sprinkle of English and Korean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
C.P. had heard this one often enough so that, against his will and much to his dismay, he anticipated each line before the lyrics were actually sung.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
That leaves “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series about enmity, envy and the multiple ways that blood orange juice can be made, as the presumptive front-runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 1948, Kim Il Sung had embraced communism as a teenager, according to North Korean propaganda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Half a century later, Kate Hudson’s performance of the song fulfilled that ambition as the finale of “Song Sung Blue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
"It got to the point that rumours circulated among North Koreans that Kim Il Sung had been reincarnated."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
He studied British literature at Kim II Sung University, which is reserved for children of top officials.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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