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to produce musical sounds with the voice
monks chanting fervently at matins
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Recent Examples of chanting
Their soccer fans will soon swarm Boston and Providence ahead of the World Cup and those cities are getting ready for chanting, drinking, and marching.
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Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Positioned on opposite sides of the street, video footage shows the groups chanting, playing instruments and carrying signs both in favor and against Anthony – with the crowd of counter-demonstrators also carrying a large sign with Metcalf’s photo.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
On Monday, hundreds of youths marched to the gates of the air base, chanting anti-Ebola slogans.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Fans were chanting for Cody during the ring introduction.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
But the home side’s chanting and cheering were quickly muted in the 50th minute when Sarasota midfielder Chandler O’Dwyer curled a shot from 20 yards out into the top right corner of Boise’s net.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026
Soka Gakkai members gather to study Buddhist principles, like practicing nonviolence and taking social action, and their practice consists of prayers, chanting and self-reflection in nature to achieve spiritual growth.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
The nadir, admittedly on the road, was fans chanting that the players were not fit to wear the shirt following the 3-1 away loss to Newcastle United.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Mourners covered the four bodies with green Hamas flags and marched from a mosque through the city, chanting and firing shots in the air.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Positioned on opposite sides of the street, video footage shows the groups chanting, playing instruments and carrying signs both in favor and against Anthony – with the crowd of counter-demonstrators also carrying a large sign with Metcalf’s photo.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
On Monday, hundreds of youths marched to the gates of the air base, chanting anti-Ebola slogans.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Fans were chanting for Cody during the ring introduction.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
But the home side’s chanting and cheering were quickly muted in the 50th minute when Sarasota midfielder Chandler O’Dwyer curled a shot from 20 yards out into the top right corner of Boise’s net.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026
Soka Gakkai members gather to study Buddhist principles, like practicing nonviolence and taking social action, and their practice consists of prayers, chanting and self-reflection in nature to achieve spiritual growth.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
The nadir, admittedly on the road, was fans chanting that the players were not fit to wear the shirt following the 3-1 away loss to Newcastle United.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Mourners covered the four bodies with green Hamas flags and marched from a mosque through the city, chanting and firing shots in the air.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 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 7 Jun. 2026.
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