How to Use singer-songwriter in a Sentence

singer-songwriter

noun
  • The reclusive singer-songwriter scores a new win on the U.K. charts this week.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Since then, the singer-songwriter, 66, has been open about his grief.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The singer-songwriter, who brought her dad, Scott Swift, with her to the game, rocked a plaid dress with thigh-high black boots.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Berry and the singer-songwriter have been dating for three years.
    Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Troye Sivan The singer-songwriter and actor was born on June 5.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • In 2014, the singer-songwriter spoke to the The Guardian, addressing the infamous lines.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2023
  • The far right may need a new favorite singer-songwriter.
    Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The Spanish singer-songwriter reigns with his first entry on the chart.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Lean On Me was played and sang by our good friend and singer-songwriter Schuyler Hemmerdinger.
    Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Elle King has returned to the spotlight, as the singer-songwriter performed at two events over the weekend.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024
  • For singer-songwriter Carly Pearce, it’s been a life of country music from the start.
    Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The tattoo itself looks like a tree bark pattern and runs along the singer-songwriter’s spine from top to bottom.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Ben Kweller, a singer-songwriter and founding member of the post-grunge band Radish, has revealed his 16-year-old son has died.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • For that one weekend of the year, the future singer-songwriter was immersed in the culture of his mother’s people, the Choctaw-Apache.
    Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The singer-songwriter, who was battling liver disease, died in July at the age of 61.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Serratos has one child with singer-songwriter David Boyd.
    Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 15 May 2024
  • Even with the time off and still not signing a major record deal, Knapp says the singer-songwriter can hold onto his newfound place in the mainstream.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Vogue came up with 73 of them on a recent trip to the 20-year-old singer-songwriter’s house—which, of course, began with Rodrigo pulling up in her car.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 7 July 2023
  • Once again, the singer-songwriter was photographed going out to dinner alongside a slew of her A-lister friends.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2023
  • When Jeff Buckley died in 1997, a young singer-songwriter’s promising career was cut much too short.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
  • Easily one of the most prolific hair chameleons of our time, the singer-songwriter has already changed up her look several times since the start of the year.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Smith is a singer-songwriter known for fusing poetry and rock & roll.
    EW.com, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Spencer Charnas, singer-songwriter from Ice Nine Kills.
    Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The singer-songwriter loves his band, who he’s brought along from his Oklahoma days, as anyone who’s seen his concerts know.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2024
  • Now, the singer-songwriter has warmed up to the idea of outright referencing real life people in her songs.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is captured in a 1973 concert in NYC in this pledge-drive special.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • The singer-songwriter had revealed his battle to fans in 2022, a year after he was diagnosed.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The singer-songwriter was on a brief break on his Forget Tomorrow World Tour at the time of his arrest earlier this week.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • But for Dylan newbies and Chalamet super fans, continue on and learn about a singer-songwriter from days of yore who changed the world with his music.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The world has spent decades wondering what makes the singer-songwriter tick, and this film wisely avoids offering any possible explanations.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024

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