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
• Before Ralph could answer, Goldberg segued into a highlight of Ralph's charitable work, which made Ralph cry even more.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2024

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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
• The stripes are reminiscent of a candy cane, perfect for winter, but the vibrant pink and red make for an easy segue to spring and summer.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 27 Nov. 2023
• That’s a great segue to talk about the writing of this show, particularly amid the ongoing writers strike.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024