How to Use segue in a Sentence

segue

1 of 2 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.
  • Someone, please, segue us to the next test subject.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This is a great way to segue into the politics of this.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Cookware can be used on your stovetop and in some cases, segue to your oven.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Martinis would segue to meals of earthy, saucy pastas.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • After lunch the space segues into its bar bites menu to pair with beer, wine and spirits.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2020
  • In fact, segueing to writing, much less showrunning, wasn’t even his idea.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Her hair is a masterclass on how to segue into gray in an ultra-chic way.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 25 Mar. 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
  • There’s a lot of silent seething and slow-motion segues between plot developments.
    — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 4 June 2019
  • The outside, fragile and crisp, segues to a gelatinous cod membrane filling.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pearl uses this heart to heart to segue into a conversation about her father.
    — Meaghan Kirby, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • As Lee segued between the two songs, so did minute sides of their personality.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Next, the night segued into its first musical performance.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That segues nicely into my next question, who is Sasha Budanov?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • The three of them segued from tune to tune with hardly a pause, other than to introduce one another midway through.
    — Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2018
  • Cook will segue to executive chairman.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • That segues to a smirking Wallace asking Larry King about his five wives.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 6 Aug. 2019
  • From there, Peart rumbled mid-tones against holiday bells and segued a snare roll to a xylophone solo.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Now, Dempsey will segue into his own real-life leading role in the Panamericana.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Black Rabbit then segues into a flashback, taking viewers back in time to unpack the events that led to the heist.
    — Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025

segue

2 of 2 noun
  • Well, good segue — what's your favorite joke?
    — Kylie Gilbert, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
  • On the one hand, this career segue makes a fair amount of sense.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2016
  • Was the song meant to be part of the campaign, or just a cool segue?
    — Allison Stubblebine, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2017
  • Well, that's a perfect segue to the next question.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Shorty's unique bounce shares the segue with City Girls and Drizzy.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 July 2018
  • That’s where a lot of my segue work and my electronic ideas came into play.
    — Steve Miller, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Think of it as an ambient electro soundtrack to the segue from day to night.
    — James Joiner, Esquire, 10 July 2014
  • That really was a primer for me -- a nice segue for writing comic books.
    — Jevon Phillips, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • This is just my segue into wondering how the dance aspect of the film came about.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Scheffler is a great segue to the true golf winner yesterday.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Thank you — hope this helps provide a segue into your therapist in a half-hour.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • That’s a good segue to my last question, actually.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • 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’s a neat segue to the manga, actually.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Actually, that’s a great segue for my next question for Melanie.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021
  • That seemed like the perfect segue into editing and publishing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Now, time for the most ridiculous segue in the history of TML.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 May 2022
  • 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
  • The buyout period ends as a segue to the start of free agency July 1.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
  • 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 seems kind of like a deliberate segue that will speak to anyone familiar with the last album.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2023
  • This is actually a perfect segue.
    — Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Much of the show is given to ponderous historical segues.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Trump answers and segues into talking about the new ballroom being built at the White House.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Is your project Big Grams with Phantogram a segue into Boomiverse?
    — Eric Diep, Billboard, 4 May 2017
  • The greens at play in this piece are grounded and welcoming, the perfect segue into the rest of your very cozy, curated home.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2026

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