How to Use songbook in a Sentence

songbook

noun

• Just the resonance of his work, the width and depth of his songbook.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 27 Apr. 2022
• There is a song leader and there's a songbook with like 900 songs in there.
  — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 1 June 2021
• Your ticket also gets you a link to a PDF of a songbook with all the lyrics.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2020
• Nelson’s first songbook has all the doodles of a child’s arts and crafts project.
  — Jason Mellard, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2023
• This follows the release of their songbook for 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool.
  — Monique Melendez, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2017
• When Neal takes long rides, the tunes from the songbook of his life often slip into his mind.
  — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 2 June 2017
• His songs are as deep and crazy as the Beatles songbook.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2023
• Also, Trump appears to be singing from the same songbook.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 18 May 2018
• This week, the queens will all be performing a group and solo piece from the beloved Drag Race songbook.
  — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2022
• Luke Combs is taking a page out of Luke Bryan‘s songbook and living life to the fullest by huntin’, fishin’ and lovin’ every day.
  — Nicole Sands, PEOPLE.com, 2 May 2018
• There is a connection to the songbook of Billy Joel, whom Schlesinger admired.
  — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2020
• In all, this work stands as a high point in Kahane’s songbook and a tantalizing hint of what may yet be ahead.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2019
• His own songbook has been predicting his death for decades.
  — Brad Sanders, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2023
• Her country roots run deep, but Carter’s personal songbook has leaned to pop and rock.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], AL.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• One deviation from the Joel songbook was a tribute to the late Tina Turner.
  — USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
• These days, though, C.C.R.’s songbook can feel freshly freed—as if those old songs had been waiting for us all along to show up and need them again in present tense.
  — David Cantwell, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2022
• The subject, now 79 years old, does not appear, which is hardly a shock, but neither is the show a songbook in the customary sense.
  — Wsj Arts, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• Take a generous helping of tunes from the great American songbook and the best of Broadway.
  — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 11 May 2018
• Springsteen and company kicked off their first tour in six years on Feb. 1, with a set list full of hits from a near 50-year songbook of rock classics.
  — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
• In his decades-deep songbook, his lyrics rarely feel like vehicles for moving melody.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2020
• Tony Bennett was at the piano, singing the American songbook.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
• But there, Charles was led to Nashville in the process of looking for a different classic songbook to cover.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
• Metallica While not the first band that pops to mind to pay homage to the John/Taupin songbook, the hard rock quartet maintains profound respect for the honorees.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• Here are 12 magical moments in the Sinéad O’Connor songbook.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 26 July 2023
• Looking dapper in his kilt, Roger passes out some old songbooks and teaches the class a few Gaelic melodies.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 22 July 2023
• No wonder there’s a long-in-the-works Broadway show dedicated to his songbook.
  — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 5 July 2024
• Along with the instrument itself, the purchase also comes with a matching duet bench and play-along songbook.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• This year’s entry could be straight out of a Britney Spears songbook (Glory era, but nonetheless) and could have a huge stage show to match.
  — Lindsey Weber, Vulture, 22 May 2021
• Throughout it all, the Long Island legend appeared to be having a blast, cracking jokes about his age and his songbook.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
• The musical adaptation of the Abba songbook spawned a movie, a sequel and, most recently, talk of No. 3.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Oct 2024