Thesaurus results for ROUNDELAY

roundelay

noun

Definition of roundelay

as in chorus

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Recent Examples of roundelay At Houlihan Lokey, Swain persists in the headlong roundelay of networking that’s his calling card. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025 At the time, Garry Marshall’s star-studded roundelay of couples and non-couples making their way through Valentine’s Day was compared to Love, Actually, which had a similarly intercutting, multicharacter structure. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 The other two notable participants in the nearly farcical roundelay of romances are Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm (Cooper Grodin) and his wife, Charlotte (Sierra Boggess). — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 Kusijanović, making her feature directing debut, plots the family’s dynamic through a roundelay of gazes and with near-geometric precision. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022 The house had a feeling of being offstage, at least compared with the comic roundelay of Turtle Bay. — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2022 The story itself is pure Western pulp, a dime-store roundelay of banditos, lost dreams, and femme fatales. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2021 What followed was a frustrating roundelay in which Chime directed Robertson to the IRS, and the IRS directed her to Chime. — Carson Kessler, ProPublica, 6 July 2021

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Noun

When not excavating and eating Rosenthal’s bread and cheese, the men rehearse for a musical comedy performance featuring a chorus line of men in drag.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Porter Police Chief Dan Dickey, supported by the Porter Town Council, joined the chorus.

— Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of chorus

Noun

Although Jones takes responsibility for the hurt and dysfunction his compulsive tomcatting caused, the legendary lothario details his conquests with barely disguised glee.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
Now, there is country-wide camaraderie and glee, mainstream momentum like never before.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of glee

Noun

The scene, which is played earnestly and runs a tad shorter in length than the Kens’ Barbie serenade to Matchbox 20, was always scripted to include Oasis’s most popular song.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 July 2026
With wonder and with great shame the yodel is an orphaned sound, a sound that turns the serenade toward an addressee that is destined to never hear it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of serenade

Noun

Later, piano slices through the fog with a supernatural three-note lullaby that springs just off the beat, racing forward through the song’s misty backdrop.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 May 2026

Definition of lullaby

Noun

But in keeping with its protagonist’s difficulty staring at his feelings head-on, The Vampire Lestat—and the marketing that preceded its premiere—doesn’t start with ballads or sensual odes to far-reaching love.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
As the group grew in fame and notoriety, their sound evolved, mixing heavy metal with more emotional, dynamic ballads.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of ballad

Noun

The Spiritual Sound Marc-André Hamelin, Found Objects / Sound Objects The Beths, Straight Line Was a Lie A year like no other, my 2025 in music was filled with joyous arias and madrigals of melancholy.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.

— Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025

Definition of madrigal

Noun

After 110 goals in 172 appearances to go with three consecutive promotions, Mullin’s hero status is assured at The Racecourse Ground, meaning the terrace ditty in his honour seems certain to live on.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 June 2026
All the more reason to keep this bouncy ditty on loop.

— Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of ditty

Noun

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner even joined the chant, giving a warm welcome to the hundreds of fans waiting for tomorrow’s game.

— Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
There’s also a daily Hawaiian chant each evening led by a mix of local experts who are happy to chat one-on-one afterwards.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

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