as in lullaby
a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover
wooed his lady with a serenade
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Recent Examples of serenade
Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Cricket song rose from the grasses, from somewhere came the serenade of corncrakes and the distant snorting of a horse awakened from its slumber.
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
They were thoroughly outplayed to start the second period — the crowd at one point serenaded them with a Bronx cheer just for clearing the defensive zone — and are now 1-4-1 in their last six games and 3-8-1 in their last 12.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noun
My mom also received many wonderful telephone calls and well wishes from some famous friends too, including a phone serenade by crooner Bobby Vinton and letters, cards and gifts from Donny Osmond, Phyllis Diller, Jim Nabors, June Lockhart, Betsy Palmer, Andy Williams and Shelley Winters.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Cricket song rose from the grasses, from somewhere came the serenade of corncrakes and the distant snorting of a horse awakened from its slumber.
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
That’s why, in the final minutes of the team’s home finale last month, agitated fans at Soldier Field serenaded McCaskey and his family with an impassioned request.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
They were thoroughly outplayed to start the second period — the crowd at one point serenaded them with a Bronx cheer just for clearing the defensive zone — and are now 1-4-1 in their last six games and 3-8-1 in their last 12.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenade
Noun
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The siblings made their appearance at Intuit after midnight (and after 3 a.m. ET), not to wake up sleepy viewers but to offer them a lullaby with a three-song acoustic set.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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Sounds include white noise, lullabies, bird chirps and upbeat tunes.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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More Valentine’s Day fun over at Old Ironsides (not so much the candy and flowers type, but still plenty sweet, with perhaps a couple of thorns) with Space Sage & the Stars, the current project of crooning madcap local indie artist Sage Cummins.—
Aaron Davis,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Feb. 2025
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The performances feature Jackman crooning tunes from a number of stage musicals and movies in which he's starred, including songs from Oklahoma, The Music Man, Les Misérables, and The Greatest Showman.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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By contrast, each time the Eagles made their way to the end zone, the entire stadium erupted into cheers and chants.—
Alex Ross,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Davis made his Dallas debut Saturday amid protests and chants calling for the firing of general manager Nico Harrison outside before the game.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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To lend the appearance of vitality, junk cars driven by mannequins populated the parking lot to the backdrop of warbling holiday tapes played on low-fidelity loudspeakers.—
Douglas C. Towne,
The Arizona Republic,
18 Dec. 2024
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Phoenix, who doesn’t seem accustomed to singing, much less very interested in it, is forced to warble his way through song numbers while Gaga refuses to lay down a dichotomy between what’s real versus fantasy concerning her character’s musical talents.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Keep pounding, trilling, or skipping along waves of notes, and your hands take flight.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Volta Associates can be heard counting, trilling the letter R, and reciting Shakespeare.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Within moments, a laughing chorus mimics it; our little group is belting out our rallying cry, established over the past few days of wandering up and down the Nile River.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2025
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Lisa and Raye trade off on the first verse and chorus before passing the baton to Doja, who drops a verse as the song rides out.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The world’s second-largest economy continues to face a range of challenges, from job insecurity among the younger generation to sharp downturns in the property sector, once a cornerstone of the country’s economic growth.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.—
Kaleigh Rogers,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2024
Noun
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But in a crowded marketplace with fewer revenue streams, enough artists enrolled that, according to Pelly’s reporting, Spotify’s internal Slack channels were lit up with glee.—
Brad Shoup,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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Which is why, for me, the hardest part of the story were finding testimonials, Andre 3000 was the only one with glee that expressed and saw what this was.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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