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- adjective Not
singing . - adjective Not pertaining to singing.
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Examples
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Just to mess with your mind, Tim McGraw, who actually is a denizen of the modern Nashville, shows up in a nonsinging role.
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Country Strong Marshall Fine 2011
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I doubt, for instance, that any production of "Follies" has ever had a Dimitri Weismann half so memorable as Mike Nussbaum, the ferocious Shylock of Barbara Gaines's 2005 Chicago Shakespeare production of "The Merchant of Venice," who takes a tiny nonsinging part and turns it into a finely etched cameo.
The 'Follies' of Our Dreams Terry Teachout 2011
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The cardinal flaw of Howard Jones, to me, was always his thin, reedy, unexpressive, whingy nonsinging.
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Agamemnon and Clytemnestre (nonsinging actors) also appeared: In one poignant moment, Iphigénie and Oreste, mysteriously drawn to each other, crouched on either side of a wall that dissolved to reveal their mother standing between them, her hands on their heads.
A Family Cursed, 2007
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Its source, at least indirectly, was Ann Thomas, still a nonsinging Ikette, and more than ever the object of Ike's most heated attentions.
I Tina Turner, Tina 1952
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In this ongoing game of advance and retreat in which neither blames the other for running away, there are two nonsinging choruses: the members of Angélique's 12-step group and Jean-René's loyal staff at the Chocolate Mill.
NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN HOLDEN 2011
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Copeland Woodruff's staging surrounded the Moss family and the handful of other singing characters with a mostly nonsinging crowd that represented the community.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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The nonsinging associates are alto saxist Stephanie Long, drummer Barbara Merjan, bassist David Ostrem, and pianist
unknown title 2009
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Along with other good things, it establishes Laura Benanti, already known in musicals ( "Gypsy"), as an absolute star with this nonsinging role.
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Also honored were two performers who have taken on multiple nonsinging roles in Tulsa Opera productions: Bob Kendall, who has been in 39 productions, and
unknown title 2009
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