Blues can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| blue - turn blue | ||
Noun |
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| blues - a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes | ||
| blues - a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" |
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| 1. | noun | He had a bad case of the blues. | |
| 2. | noun | There go the twelve bars blues. | |
| 3. | noun | I have the blues today. | |
| 4. | noun | I often get the blues. | |
| 5. | noun | Blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson would have been 100 years old on May 8th of 2011 if he hadn't died when he was 27 years old. | |
| 6. | noun | Tom is a high school history teacher and a part-time harmonica player in a blues band. | |
| 7. | noun | I enjoy playing the blues. | |
| 8. | noun | Let's play some blues. | |
| 9. | noun | Tom has been teaching me how to play the blues. | |
| 10. | noun | Tom taught me how to play the blues on the piano. | |
| 11. | noun | I've got the blues. | |
| 12. | noun | Where did you learn how to sing the blues? | |
| 13. | noun | Tom always wants to play the blues. | |
| 14. | noun | Tom is the lead singer in a blues band. | |
| 15. | noun | Tom likes blues. | |
| 16. | adj. | A blue movie. | |
| 17. | adj. | Blue jokes. | |
| 18. | adj. | A blue day. | |
| 19. | adj. | October's bright blue weather. | |
| 20. | adj. | A blue flame. | |
| 21. | adj. | Blue haze of tobacco smoke. | |
| 22. | adj. | A ragged blue line. | |
| 23. | adj. | A blue family. | |
| 24. | adj. | Blue blood. | |
| 25. | adj. | The blue-blooded aristocracy. | |
| 26. | adj. | Lonely and blue in a strange city. | |
| 27. | adj. | Blue language. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| He had a bad case of the blues. |
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| There go the twelve bars blues. | |
| I have the blues today. | |
| I often get the blues. | |
| Blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson would have been 100 years old on May 8th of 2011 if he hadn't died when he was 27 years old. | |
| Tom is a high school history teacher and a part-time harmonica player in a blues band. | |
| I enjoy playing the blues. | |
| Let's play some blues. | |
| Tom has been teaching me how to play the blues. | |
| Tom taught me how to play the blues on the piano. | |
| I've got the blues. | |
| Where did you learn how to sing the blues? | |
| Tom always wants to play the blues. | |
| Tom is the lead singer in a blues band. | |
| Tom likes blues. | |
| adj. | |
| A blue movie. |
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| Blue jokes. |
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| A blue day. |
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| October's bright blue weather. |
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| A blue flame. |
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| Blue haze of tobacco smoke. |
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| A ragged blue line. |
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| A blue family. |
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| Blue blood. |
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| The blue-blooded aristocracy. |
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| Lonely and blue in a strange city. |
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| Blue language. |
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