Ditty

"Ditty" in a Sentence (13 examples)

The first time Mary ever saw Tom, he was wearing a beanie, strumming a ukulele, and singing an Irish ditty.

Kitty, you are my ditty.

The folk singer introduced an enchanting ditty about nature.

"To Be Beside You," a sentimental ditty expressing romantic yearning, became a surprise hit song in 1956.

When I found him, he was mumbling a children's ditty.

Key’s song gained popularity as a patriotic ditty, especially during and after the American Civil War in the 1860s.

Tom sang a little ditty.

The first time Mary ever saw Tom, he was wearing a wool hat, strumming a ukulele, and singing an Irish ditty.

The Acme mattress ditty has been stuck in my head all day.

religious, martial, or civil ditties

And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.

O, too high ditty for my simple rime.

Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.