as in lullaby
a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover
wooed his lady with a serenade
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Recent Examples of serenade
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
The serenade paid tribute to Colbert’s work on The Late Show, which will come to an end on May 21.
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Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
The farewell to Late Night host Stephen Colbert was in full swing Thursday, as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon dropped by to serenade his friend and fellow talk-show personality.
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Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Smith, who turned 55 this past Thursday and received a surprise mariachi serenade from his staff midweek, gave his man-of-the-match nod not to a goal scorer, but to captain Ashley Westwood.
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Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
The serenade paid tribute to Colbert’s work on The Late Show, which will come to an end on May 21.
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Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
As one of many grand gestures of his love, Hal reunites with his a cappella group, The Gentlemen Callers, to serenade Lois with Bruno Mars’ ‘Locked Out of Heaven’ in the aisles of the Lucky Aide.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
The farewell to Late Night host Stephen Colbert was in full swing Thursday, as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon dropped by to serenade his friend and fellow talk-show personality.
—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
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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.
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Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.
Verb
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The minute-long clip, shared on June 10, shows Langley crooning the late '90s ballad while accompanying herself on piano.
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The camera pans to Cody crooning while strumming his guitar throughout the video.
Noun
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In the opening game of the World Cup, the infamous chant was pleasingly absent from the Azteca.
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At that, Paul and four of his friends launched into a singing chant.
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Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.
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The track begins with Winter’s distinct vocals warbling and wobbling over a tender percussion groove.
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Fundstrat Global Advisors' Tom Lee has joined a growing chorus of Wall Street bulls forecasting the S & P 500 will end the year at 8,000.
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The chorus rises into a falsetto that can carry urgency, comfort, and humor before a listener understands a single word.
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Musselwhite punctuated the music with his harmonica trills and moans while his right knee bounced in time with the rhythms.
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Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.
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There’s already angst in the party, and glee among Republicans, that the trio will use their new clout to spotlight issues that divide Democrats.
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This tangled relationship between Lestat and Armand, and all the guilt Lestat carries from it, provides a major breakthrough for Molloy’s documentary, and the journalist reacts with giddy, off-putting glee.
Verb
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Why would sharp-as-nails med school grads opt toward a presumably dead-end occupational route?
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“Serenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenade. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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