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Recent Examples of refrain
Like a rondo, the refrain of family alternates with the contrasting themes, ultimately building to its chilling coda.
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Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
Some songs are two verses, some songs are straight through, but there’s still a refrain and a chorus.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
The refrain was thought at the time to be an unusually strident attack on an opponent.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 21 July 2025
Starting with a muffled guitar refrain, the sound gradually builds intensity, clearly expressing the soaring emotions.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
Some songs are two verses, some songs are straight through, but there’s still a refrain and a chorus.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
The refrain was thought at the time to be an unusually strident attack on an opponent.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 21 July 2025
Starting with a muffled guitar refrain, the sound gradually builds intensity, clearly expressing the soaring emotions.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrain
chorus
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While performance is a major part of their lives individually—Tracey becoming a chorus line dancer, the narrator becoming an assistant to a pop star—a performance element that is particularly striking here is the way Smith traces dance from past to present, from Africa through the diaspora.—
Lauren Morrow
September 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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Cook joined a number of other tech CEOs at a White House dinner this month, adding his voice to a chorus of praise for the president.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Refrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrain. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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