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to produce musical sounds with the voice
monks chanting fervently at matins
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Recent Examples of chanting
La Familia kept drumming and chanting through the entire game, determined to help lift Messi and his teammates to victory.
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Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Keeping it rolling and chanting and showing off — a culture in full bloom, too pretty, too rooted to fade … just yet.
—Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
This fanatical regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel for 47 years.
—James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Their sessions incorporate chanting and different musical exercises, similar to what Thompson practiced in school.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
The gallery paused chanting his name so Woodland could roll in a 5-foot par putt.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
The Iranian diaspora has made its presence felt throughout the three-day gathering, chanting in the convention center halls, sometimes arm-in-arm with the overwhelmingly pro-Trump crowd, and cheering on speakers who support toppling the regime.
—Moriah Thomas, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
People spanning the width of the streets are passionately chanting and hoisting their picket signs in a patriotic parade, of sorts.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
The cheering and chanting from the protest could be heard loudly from blocks away from the Capitol.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Keeping it rolling and chanting and showing off — a culture in full bloom, too pretty, too rooted to fade … just yet.
—Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
This fanatical regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel for 47 years.
—James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Their sessions incorporate chanting and different musical exercises, similar to what Thompson practiced in school.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
The gallery paused chanting his name so Woodland could roll in a 5-foot par putt.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
The Iranian diaspora has made its presence felt throughout the three-day gathering, chanting in the convention center halls, sometimes arm-in-arm with the overwhelmingly pro-Trump crowd, and cheering on speakers who support toppling the regime.
—Moriah Thomas, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
People spanning the width of the streets are passionately chanting and hoisting their picket signs in a patriotic parade, of sorts.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
The cheering and chanting from the protest could be heard loudly from blocks away from the Capitol.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanting
intoning
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The news site Deadspin took clips of different anchors intoning the same words and laid them over one another to make a hellish cacophony.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Chanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanting. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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