How to Use songbook in a Sentence

songbook

noun
  • And that’s in my classic songbook.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Just the resonance of his work, the width and depth of his songbook.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Nelson’s first songbook has all the doodles of a child’s arts and crafts project.
    — Jason Mellard, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2023
  • There is a song leader and there's a songbook with like 900 songs in there.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 1 June 2021
  • Don’t look for it on the color wheel, fashion catwalks or in the prog rock songbook.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In his decades-deep songbook, his lyrics rarely feel like vehicles for moving melody.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2020
  • When Neal takes long rides, the tunes from the songbook of his life often slip into his mind.
    — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 2 June 2017
  • Her country roots run deep, but Carter’s personal songbook has leaned to pop and rock.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], AL.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Your ticket also gets you a link to a PDF of a songbook with all the lyrics.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Even so, the Chiesa chant has become a staple of the Anfield songbook.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Rubin, who is a quick study, will have ample time to learn Foo Fighters’ songbook.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
  • More than a dozen of Adkins' songs were included in at least 17 church songbooks.
    — arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • There’s the Latin side that pulls at his heart strings and feeds on 70s classics from the Latin songbook.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 28 May 2025
  • 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
  • This week, the queens will all be performing a group and solo piece from the beloved Drag Race songbook.
    — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Along with the instrument itself, the purchase also comes with a matching duet bench and play-along songbook.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • No wonder there’s a long-in-the-works Broadway show dedicated to his songbook.
    — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 5 July 2024
  • And Barry just has a very eclectic songbook, and some of the stuff is quite out there and quite particular to his artistry.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
  • Tony Bennett was at the piano, singing the American songbook.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The keyboard is topped with songbooks, and most singers take a moment to confer with Wicht on key choice before beginning.
    — Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Stanley had a songbook full of these, some spirited, some spiritual.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • There is a connection to the songbook of Billy Joel, whom Schlesinger admired.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The 76-year-old singer was still exploring his songbook for new meanings, treating it not as an immutable canon but a road map to who knows where.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • One deviation from the Joel songbook was a tribute to the late Tina Turner.
    — USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • 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

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