Sentence examples for undone singing from inspiring English sources
"One teacher told us of how she found a class of small boys with their trousers undone, singing the song and giving it the indecent interpretation which, in spite of all the hullaballoo, is so obvious," an irate Mrs Whitehouse informed the Director General, Charles Curran, in a letter dated 1 January 1973.
"One teacher," Whitehouse wrote, "told us of how she found a class of small boys with their trousers undone, singing the song and giving it the indecent interpretation which – in spite of all the hullabaloo – is so obvious … We trust you will agree with us that it is no part of the function of the BBC to be the vehicle of songs which stimulate this kind of behaviour – indeed quite the reverse".
"A woman alone is not a woman undone," she sings on exuberant Short Movie bonus track Daisy, as much reprimand as celebration.
Roomful of Teeth began to sing "my heart comes undone," by the Baltimore-based composer Judah Adashi — a rapt meditation that draws elements from Björk's song "Unravel".
"While you are away, my heart comes undone, slowly unravels in a ball of yarn" she sing-speaks, replicating the vocal technique used by Icelandic choir men for centuries before.
The music looks back to Celtic tradition and 1960s folk-pop, and Ms. Marling sings with an unlikely aplomb about sorrows that cannot be undone.
The introversion of the living space is suddenly undone as the room becomes a stage set for purposes of the video, with the musician singing in an ersatz Joe Cocker mode.
The lyrics address a relationship in a state of tension and uncertainty: "We've reached the climax / We're together / Now we're undone / Won't commit so we choose to run away / Do we separate?" Usher sings in a pleading falsetto and a plaintive tone on the song, alternating restrained vocals and anguished howls.
It's hard to sing a song when you're desperately trying to keep from having your belt undone by some drunk dudes".
