chanteys

variants or chanties or shanties
plural of chantey

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanteys
Noun
  • The competition format, and thematic focus of each episode, meant that early shows were often organized around musical categories (ballads, duets, love songs) or occasionally around the catalog of individual artists (Lady Gaga, Britney Spears).
    Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Diane Warren has written power ballads for everyone from Cher to Celine, but her real passion project might just be the four-legged residents of her Malibu sanctuary.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • She’s best known for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Music directors Jordan Summers and Nick Vincent did a classic song that passes too quickly on record a great service by extending it by a few choruses, giving Valentine a chance to wring the emotion out of it that was only inherent in Zevon’s necessarily simpler delivery.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Many hundreds of people also lined the blocks of Rancho Bernardo Road, while hundreds more crowded the intersection of Mira Mesa Boulevard and Westview Parkway, cheering and drawing choruses of car honks.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Macmillan has a musician's kind of knack for sculpting outbursts, rants and other verbal arias.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The event featured a table side performance by an opera singer from Venice, delivering multiple iconic arias, and a Georgian dance company called Holiguards Fire that is featured in Kevin Spacey’s new project.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The event features a community sing-along of American spirituals, folk songs and bluegrass favorites, hosted by conductor and composer John Yankee with musicians from the San Diego Bluegrass Society, Mission Bay High School and PB Community Choir.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Quijada and Robinson developed the show through work on a concept album presented in 2021, and their music, ranging from hip-hop to Cuban bolero to spirituals, carries the piece along with their own charisma as performers.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the key reason Nebraska was a hit with staying power is that people heard themselves in these songs.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
  • While filming, Violette has to apply the makeup in stages, adding in songs, transitions and lip-synching to trending audios and songs.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Rather than impose standards on the squad from above, both counted on senior players to set an example.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The Assemblies of God enforces a national credentialing system for ministers, giving the General Council power to discipline, restore or expel those who fail to meet its theological and moral standards.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Chanteys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanteys. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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