caroling

variants or carolling
present participle of carol

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of caroling There will be caroling, live music, visits with Santa, free children’s crafts, model train displays and more. Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caroling
Verb
  • After hours of anticipation and beer-drenched chanting in the streets, every minute of the game seems to fly.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
  • While there were no vuvuzelas, the plastic trumpets that put South Africa on the map during the 2010 World Cup, there was lots of chanting and cheering on site.
    Gabriel Sama, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • The royal family's most recent group outing was at the annual Trooping the Colour military parade on June 13, celebrating the official birthday of Britain's monarch, King Charles III.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Unbeknownst to its more than 800 members, Flod had been lurking in the public group for years, silently celebrating each new mention of Pinky.
    Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Longtime friends Robert De Niro and Streep shared a friendly smooch during the National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala in 2018, following the actor's speech praising the star.
    Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Bruckheimer kicked off the conversation by praising Cue and the Apple team.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

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“Caroling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caroling. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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