How to Use segue in a Sentence

segue

1 of 3 imperative verb
  • This allows the plot to segue to the Sino-Vietnam border wars in the '80s.
    Maggie Lee, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Gaps need to be filled, segues need to be made and costumes need to be changed.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Jost soon segued to election news: Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the race.
    Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Of course, Wright’s play does segue into the outlandish.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • These new acts will next segue into a six city U.S. tour.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Each song segues right into the next, the monotony of the bass pedal smoothing the transition.
    Sally Helgesen, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • As the ’50s segued into the ’60s, Simone’s life was in transition.
    Jason Heller, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2018
  • As for how the hit drama plans to fully segue Rollins out of the show, that's still to be determined.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The great room segues to a rear patio with an outdoor dining area and fire pit.
    SFChronicle.com, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Pic will soon segue from Antalya to the Rome Film Festival.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2021
  • After lunch the space segues into its bar bites menu to pair with beer, wine and spirits.
    Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2020
  • After bowing in Venice, the film will segue to Toronto.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The open plan layout means that the reception segues into the bar (which is a nice way to get straight into the swing of things).
    Laura Goulden, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The group and its lead singer segued to even greater fame after the switch to Epic engineered by their father.
    Chris Morris, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • Cookware can be used on your stovetop and in some cases, segue to your oven.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The 3-1 start has segued into a 3-3 record after two straight losses where the Wings can fault their work ethic.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Matt Taylor, who segued in 1997 to Duane Morris, loves being a lawyer.
    Sam Wood, Philly.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The feel is more coffee shop than kiosk, and the space segues into the food court's comfortable new seating bank.
    Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2018
  • That would be the way to segue into doing more director work and being in front of the camera less.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Her hair is a masterclass on how to segue into gray in an ultra-chic way.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Languid, comfy trousers seem a sensible way to segue from WFH style to out-in-the-world attire.
    Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But just as the Wolverines were about to segue into 2020, a global pandemic hit.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The conversation then segued to the spices in front of us and how some made their way into Mexican kitchens.
    Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • At the top of the new structure, an indoor events space will segue into a landscaped patio with views of Madison Square Park.
    Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
  • That segues to a smirking Wallace asking Larry King about his five wives.
    Scott Craven, azcentral, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Jeremy Stephenson, a lawyer, segued from a 2015 at-large campaign into a bid for the south Charlotte district seat.
    Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Now, Dempsey will segue into his own real-life leading role in the Panamericana.
    Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a lot of silent seething and slow-motion segues between plot developments.
    Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 4 June 2019
  • Fewer still can segue from a smoky late-night seduction to the end of the affair in a handful of minutes and leave us with the aftertaste of heartbreak.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The three of them segued from tune to tune with hardly a pause, other than to introduce one another midway through.
    Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018
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segue

2 of 3 verb
  • The band smoothly segued from one song to the next.
  • She quickly segued to the next topic.
  • In the movie, a shot of the outside of the house segued neatly to a shot of the family inside the house.
  • Of course, Wright’s play does segue into the outlandish.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • These new acts will next segue into a six city U.S. tour.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Each song segues right into the next, the monotony of the bass pedal smoothing the transition.
    Sally Helgesen, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • As the ’50s segued into the ’60s, Simone’s life was in transition.
    Jason Heller, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2018
  • As for how the hit drama plans to fully segue Rollins out of the show, that's still to be determined.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Pic will soon segue from Antalya to the Rome Film Festival.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2021
  • After lunch the space segues into its bar bites menu to pair with beer, wine and spirits.
    Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2020
  • After bowing in Venice, the film will segue to Toronto.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The open plan layout means that the reception segues into the bar (which is a nice way to get straight into the swing of things).
    Laura Goulden, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The group and its lead singer segued to even greater fame after the switch to Epic engineered by their father.
    Chris Morris, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • Cookware can be used on your stovetop and in some cases, segue to your oven.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The 3-1 start has segued into a 3-3 record after two straight losses where the Wings can fault their work ethic.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Matt Taylor, who segued in 1997 to Duane Morris, loves being a lawyer.
    Sam Wood, Philly.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The feel is more coffee shop than kiosk, and the space segues into the food court's comfortable new seating bank.
    Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2018
  • That would be the way to segue into doing more director work and being in front of the camera less.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Samantha Bee is among the others, announcing her plans late last year to segue from TV to stage with a live tour.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Her hair is a masterclass on how to segue into gray in an ultra-chic way.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Languid, comfy trousers seem a sensible way to segue from WFH style to out-in-the-world attire.
    Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
  • In fact, segueing to writing, much less showrunning, wasn’t even his idea.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But just as the Wolverines were about to segue into 2020, a global pandemic hit.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The conversation then segued to the spices in front of us and how some made their way into Mexican kitchens.
    Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • At the top of the new structure, an indoor events space will segue into a landscaped patio with views of Madison Square Park.
    Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The outside, fragile and crisp, segues to a gelatinous cod membrane filling.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • And a dispute erupting during a softball game segues to a woman texting in the bleachers next to a white duck.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • That segues to a smirking Wallace asking Larry King about his five wives.
    Scott Craven, azcentral, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Jeremy Stephenson, a lawyer, segued from a 2015 at-large campaign into a bid for the south Charlotte district seat.
    Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Now, Dempsey will segue into his own real-life leading role in the Panamericana.
    Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2023
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segue

3 of 3 noun
  • Shorty's unique bounce shares the segue with City Girls and Drizzy.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 July 2018
  • Was the song meant to be part of the campaign, or just a cool segue?
    Allison Stubblebine, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2017
  • On the one hand, this career segue makes a fair amount of sense.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2016
  • That’s a great segue. PAGE – which is about the economy.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Now, time for the most ridiculous segue in the history of TML.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 May 2022
  • Less attention is paid to niceties like segues in tone.
    John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Although on the fringe at present, there are parts of the public which are already in tune with this lethal segue.
    Malcolm MacIver, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2010
  • Think of it as an ambient electro soundtrack to the segue from day to night.
    James Joiner, Esquire, 10 July 2014
  • That’s where a lot of my segue work and my electronic ideas came into play.
    Steve Miller, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2022
  • That’s a good segue to one of our main challenges: retrofitting to improve public health.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2020
  • A couple of upgrades, scheduled to launch over the next few weeks, will lay the groundwork for a segue from one chain to the other.
    WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022
  • So, again: Was this a good segue to moving to Chapman as closer?
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The buyout period ends as a segue to the start of free agency July 1.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
  • Black Violin's shows segue from the music of one century to the next, often in the same beat.
    Eric Althoff, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • To cut down on wait time, the restaurant will feature two kitchens to ensure your Line-to-Icedream segue is swift.
    Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Themed pieces include costume changes and musical segues that highlight the funky styling of the band.
    Tony Lacy-Thompson, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2017
  • So this kind of segues into my next question: the title is how charts lie, which is a great title.
    Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Think of it as a lighter version of gin and tonic, and a great segue from afternoon into evening.
    Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • That really was a primer for me -- a nice segue for writing comic books.
    Jevon Phillips, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Thank you — hope this helps provide a segue into your therapist in a half-hour.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Nine minutes were spent on the Senate bill before a segue way into the CNN story.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 29 June 2017
  • Is your project Big Grams with Phantogram a segue into Boomiverse?
    Eric Diep, Billboard, 4 May 2017
  • Using the condiment as a segue, Evans asks Flay about his first cooking show, Grillin’ & Chillin’.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • It is intended to boost the brand's sales and start Cadillac's segue to an all-electric lineup by 2030.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2022
  • But then the conversation segues into the movie’s true theme: Male fragility.
    TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Focus your external messaging on plans for next year, and use the end of the year as a segue to talk about what is coming in the next 12 months.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • This can be interpreted as a segue into season 2, since there's more of the story to be told.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 21 Jan. 2022
  • That's a nice segue to talk about casting Kristen as Barbara-slash-Cheetah.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Actually, that’s a great segue for my next question for Melanie.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Back here with Eugene Wei, who just provided a nice segue to this part of the conversation.
    Recode Staff, Recode, 13 July 2018

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