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Recent Examples of drinking song
Country music is known for its drinking songs, but this is just tedious.
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Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2024
May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
With Borg as his guide, O’Brien eats a slaughter plate at a beer hall, sings German drinking songs, and goes to a nude beach — Borg wears only his sneakers and a fanny pack.
—Ian Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
Over the course of the show, the men’s bravado—on display in boisterous bar scenes, complete with drinking songs and a fistfight with British airmen—fades into shellshocked resignation as more of their friends fail to return from missions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
In the summer, the longest day of the year, Midsomer, is celebrated as its own holiday, parties are held to peel and feast upon crimson crayfish while crooning drinking songs and toasting with elderberry schnapps, cities empty as residents migrate to summer cottages or boats.
—Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
Or break into a mediaeval drinking song with a group of buccaneering, but lovable, drunks.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
Bools noted that many people think the Irish sing a lot of drinking songs.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 June 2023
Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2024
May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
With Borg as his guide, O’Brien eats a slaughter plate at a beer hall, sings German drinking songs, and goes to a nude beach — Borg wears only his sneakers and a fanny pack.
—Ian Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
Over the course of the show, the men’s bravado—on display in boisterous bar scenes, complete with drinking songs and a fistfight with British airmen—fades into shellshocked resignation as more of their friends fail to return from missions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
In the summer, the longest day of the year, Midsomer, is celebrated as its own holiday, parties are held to peel and feast upon crimson crayfish while crooning drinking songs and toasting with elderberry schnapps, cities empty as residents migrate to summer cottages or boats.
—Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
Or break into a mediaeval drinking song with a group of buccaneering, but lovable, drunks.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
Bools noted that many people think the Irish sing a lot of drinking songs.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drinking song
Noun
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The game will be on multiple screens, the beer will be flowing and fight songs will be sung. P.S.—
Sabrina Moreno,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
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But of course this is how Mr. Trump views music: as theme songs, fight songs, soundtracks for memories more than works of art.—
Jon Caramanica,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Today, a carol is a religious folk song or popular hymn (like a Christmas tune).—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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Dylan appeared in various other Greenwich Village music clubs, performing folk songs, ballads and blues.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The music moves from inventive, engaging art song to smoldering improvisations in which Wilkins and his bandmates—anchored by his regular colleagues Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass and Kweku Sumbry on drums—push to the outer limits.—
Steve Hochman,
SPIN,
21 Oct. 2024
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As a map of Austin’s musical journey, the recital moved through spirituals and standard repertoire into 20th-century and contemporary art song and opera.—
Michael Andor Brodeur,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
Noun
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Most recently, it's yielded almost power-ballad-style torch songs as another facet of the group's success.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
18 Nov. 2024
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Yet for longtime fans of her music, the film’s original soundtrack was the true payoff from the project, with plenty of heartfelt torch songs and eye-watering balladry across a track list that Gaga helmed with producers like Dave Cobb and Lukas Nelson, and artists like Mark Ronson and Jason Isbell.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Knits were slouchy but perfectly contoured to a woman's body, jackets nipped at the waist and layered over A-line skirts and sporty trousers, fuzzy bag charms and belt charms unite, and tasteful pops of color highlight earthy tones.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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But however adaptable Malone is to rapping, singing pop and more recently going country, something didn’t click here.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Drinking song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinking%20song. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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