sing Kumbaya

present singular third person sings Kumbaya · participle present singing Kumbaya · past sang Kumbaya · participle past sung Kumbaya

1. derogatoryhumoroususuallyTo seek peace and ignore disagreements.

   Peaceful coexistence is attainable, and no one need sing Kumbaya.

   2007, Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook

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   "Without singing 'Kumbaya,' what bad things can I say about him? He has some bad hair days," she chuckles.

   1999, Brill's Content

   During a newscast, while reporting on party unity during the 2008 election year, CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux commented that “nobody's singing 'Kumbaya' just quite yet”

   2010, Stephanie P. Ledgin, Discovering Folk Music, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1

   Two Agencies. Same team. Different objectives. It was a match made in hell, but policy makers back in Washington expected everyone to sing kumbaya for the good of the country.

   2021, Taylor Moore, Down Range, HarperCollins, →ISBN

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sing, kumbaya.