chorale

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as in choir
an organized group of singers a chorale that is regarded as being among the best in the state

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Recent Examples of chorale The Bay Area brims with scores of chorales of every variety, from Cantare con Vivo to WomenSing, Schola Cantorum and more. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024 But to have the chorale perform a multimedia piece is new for them and a company their size. James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024 The blend of voices and the unified commitment is one of the hallmarks of the chorale. Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024 But rather than juice the story with agitated music, Ruo overlays it with reverent chorales. An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chorale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorale
Noun
  • The pair sang along to hymns and the UK’s national anthem, and smiled while watching the performances.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Renditions of those melancholic hymns, which often told of homesickness and heartbreak, played from a speaker in the courtyard.
    Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The cluster of musicians were joined onstage by a soulful choir wearing black praise and worship robes.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
  • At this event, choirs from the King’s Chapel Royal, St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle and the Sistine Chapel will perform.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While Hamilton mostly features hip hop and rap, 3 Summers of Lincoln is more traditionally Broadway, filled with anthems, ballads and enough catchy songs to eventually earn it a Tony nomination.
    Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In the 1960s, Bob Dylan dropped an American anthem with Like a Rolling Stone, and by 1969, Gap was selling jeans and records in its first store — two moments that shaped and bridged culture gaps for generations to come.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Nobody was playing this kind of tight, Byrds country rock—short songs with sweet harmonies and big choruses.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
  • This was a frequent chorus from my siblings and me as children, as our grandmother pottered about the kitchen chewing on a stick that looked a bit like sugarcane, fixing a drink brewed with honey and lemon.
    Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Lady Olive certainly sank: All of its crew members escaped in lifeboats, singing psalms to stave off hypothermia, and were saved after 36 hours at sea.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
  • He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 15 Mar. 2024

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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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