chanted

past tense of chant
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as in sang
to utter in musical or drawn out tones the frustrated crowd at the rock concert started to chant, "We want the show to start!"

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Recent Examples of chanted Outside the facility Saturday, protesters gathered with bold banners and chanted in Spanish and Korean, demanding justice for the hundreds of workers detained. Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 As young children and grown men cheered and chanted his name around the eighteenth green, the electricity in the air was palpable. Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 In Rasht, demonstrators chanted demands for water and electricity as police stood by, while in Babolsar, residents gathered outside a power station to denounce the relentless outages. Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanted
Verb
  • As Penrose sung the chorus, a pair of assistants took on the task of splashing her with paint and confetti – all without skipping a beat.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025
  • America's Got Talent contestant Avalon Penrose, who introduced herself as someone who sang opera in her childhood, brought chaos — and fun — to the stage.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The traditional chant has been sung at iconic moments in the club’s history for decades, throughout their century of history, including after securing qualification for the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday night.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • See the full setlist here The music does a lot of the legwork, stadium-ready with massive, no-frills choruses begging to be sung back to him by hoards of devotees.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In response to Powell's dovish remarks, the stock market roared higher last week.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The cascade of water roared like a train, Kathy Papasan, a longtime resident on the river’s edge, told me, and dark waves battered her porch.
    Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Chanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanted. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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