Singer

Examples

• Father's a sweeter singer than ever; you'd never have forgotten it, if you'd aheard him just now. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The horn extends beyond the machine and the singer, band or orchestra is stationed in front of the mouth of this horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In short, he shows so much musical taste that Mr. Bagnet actually takes his pipe from his lips to express his conviction that he is a singer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is stated that the present output of the American factory of the Singer Company amounts to over 11,000 weekly, or more than half a million annually. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• As the singer interprets the song the vibrations set up by the singer’s voice are communicated to the diaphragm by the passage of the sound through the horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These indentations correspond to the vibrations imparted to the needle through the diaphragm, and are the recorded sounds made by the singer or band. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She could read and write, embroider and sew, beautifully; and was a beautiful singer. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• For this purpose an original record by suitable mechanism is made to take the place of the speaker or singer, and so multiplies and reproduces the original record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I give Miss Sharp warning, though, said Osborne, that, right or wrong, I consider Miss Amelia Sedley the first singer in the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Crinkle, crinkle, 'ittle 'tar, and it had become a household custom, for the mother was a born singer. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The Singer machine met the demands of the tailoring and leather industries for a heavier and more powerful machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Successful singing is possible only when the vocal cords are readily flexible and when the singer can supply a steady, continuous blast of air through the slit between the cords. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Some years after I had broken with the mother, she abandoned her child, and ran away to Italy with a musician or singer. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• For some years before his death Mr. Clarke was the president of the Singer Company. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Mrs. Strong was a very pretty singer: as I knew, who often heard her singing by herself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Ere long, some noted singers and musicians dawned upon the platform: as these stars rose, the comet-like professor set. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• One of the singers was named Ralph Simmons, and he was singing under the name of Enrico DelCredo. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It fits like a circus tent, and a woman's head is hidden away in it like the man's who prompts the singers from his tin shed in the stage of an opera. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Not a shade of difference between this year and last, except that the women have got new clothes and the singers haven't got new voices. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I remembered his fine voice; I knew he liked to sing--good singers generally do. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The exorbitant rewards of players, opera-singers, opera-dancers, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But I was really thinking of dramatic artists, singers, actors, musicians. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But I shall tremble before you, who have heard the best singers in Paris. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The singers feeling themselves excused by the fact that they had only three bars to sing, now turned round. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Editor: Wilma