sung
/sʌŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth."
- "Lulled by the Syren-song that my own heart sung to me, with eyes shut to all sight, and ears closed to all sound of danger, I drifted nearer and nearer to the fatal rocks."
- "It was one of those serene and lovely mornings that sometimes succeed a storm. The birds sung loud and cheerily […]"
- "The August Prince's First Officer […] sung a song; although it was unaccompanied by dancing it was very delightful."
- "At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone comprises some 1,500,000 people or twice that of the Sung period for all of the two provinces."
- "Fish were produced in Hu-chou for sale at the Southern Sung capital."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ^宋, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sʌŋ/
- British English: /sʌŋ/