Example sentences for: singling

How can you use “singling” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "These people in Washington just don't seem to understand that being called a whore means something, something we can't live with," Steve Jones told him, singling out Clinton lawyer Bob Bennett as the person mainly responsible for bringing disaster on the president.

  • Or he would attack "New York bankers," often singling out the firm of "Goldman Sachs" (but never Bear Stearns or Salomon Smith Barney).

  • According to a recent article in the Daily Targum , the Rutgers newspaper, complaints about Flitterman-Lewis included "bringing too many personal issues to class," failing to adhere to her announced syllabus, and singling out students "for ridicule and contempt."

  • David, I agree with you about Chloë Sevigny, and thank you, too, for singling out Reese Witherspoon, playing the pathological goody-goody in Election , as one of the year's best performances; your description of her leaps and bounds brought back images that match any this year for memorability: the scene where she's alone in the hallway, bouncing higher than a pogo stick, her feet kicked way back behind her in unison as she leapt.

  • After describing the production as heavy-handed in its use of melodrama, or the music clichéd, each reviewer makes a point of singling out a few elements of the show for praise.


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