chanting

present participle of chant
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as in singing
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 chanting Participants will feel empowered from standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity chanting slogans and waving signs their voices of dissent heard loud and clear coast to coast. Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025 As peaceful demonstrations broke up at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza Saturday afternoon, protesters began marching along Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and chanting to a chorus of blaring car horns. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025 Fans were booing and chanting for the general manager to be fired. Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 Dozens of health care workers walked the picket line outside the medical center in Roseville Tuesday morning, chanting and carrying signs, many wearing raincoats and ponchos. Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025 The footage shows what appeared to be more than a hundred protesters gathered outside a building at night, chanting and confronting lines of armed federal personnel. Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Thousands of fans waited for hours in the sun outside the venue, holding signs, banners and balloons — chanting, screaming and hoping to catch a glimpse of the star. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025 Rather than take care of patients in the hospital, the nurses gathered daily on the grassy shoulder of Holly Road, waving protest signs and chanting. Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025 Actress and comedian Heather McMahan, who hosted the first tee at Bethpage Black Golf Course on Long Island, New York, was heard on videos posted to social media chanting expletives against golfer Rory McIlroy. Chandelis Duster, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Chanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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