How to Use show tune in a Sentence

show tune

noun

• The elephant isn’t just in the room, it’s sprawled across both of your laps, singing show tunes.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Broadway Raves are the new big night out for young lovers of show tunes.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Come for the relatable jokes about Throat Coat Tea and show tune references; stay for the adorable young cast.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 26 May 2023
• But there are also numbers that approach the hummable quality of show tunes.
  — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• One night this summer, Alicia Keys fell asleep listening to show tunes.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• After that first encounter, Ms. Dupuy would hear Ms. Sullivan through the apartment’s walls, singing — show tunes?
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• Warm up those pipes to sing along to your favorite show tunes with fellow theater geeks and musical theater lovers.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• The only things the trial lacked were show tunes and a glowing marquee, and Awkward Productions is fixing that.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The free concert, directed by Carl Allison, features pop, country music, soft rock and show tunes from across the decades.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• This parent yaps cluelessly as their child eats twigs, digs ditches, climbs a tree, impales himself on a chain link fence, and splays himself across the third base line singing show tunes.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• Which is to say, the songs by Cinco Paul that propel the story are melodically and lyrically adjacent to show tunes viewers already know.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• Then the stories of Trump’s pre-arrest celebrations came rolling in (show tunes and fist pumping were reportedly involved).
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2023
• The family ensemble even won over show tune skeptic Mandel with its lively performance and tightknit bond.
  — USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• As George Santos continues to dig himself deeper and deeper into the ongoing scandal about his many (many) lies, viral comedian Randy Rainbow is happy to sit back and watch … and yes, sing a show tune or two.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2023
• But the movie musical will hit an especially sweet spot for folks who want filth and subversion with their show tunes, and who like to hear the classic tropes of musical theater being embraced even as they’re being thoroughly upended.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
• The show’s ongoing passion for successful emotional intimacy between men was always a treat, alongside its insistence that men can like show tunes, too.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• The Philharmonic continues to play before themselves joining the party, other musicians picking up for them, alternating between waltzes and show tunes and standards.
  — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Aug 2024