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
Charna Flam, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Meet the voice behind Vandy's 'Sweet Caroline' serenade The Vanderbilt baseball team begins regional play today at Hawkins Field as the road to the College World Series begins.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Guests can meet the growers and winemakers and do the old-fashioned grape stomp serenaded by the music of Papa Joe & The New Deal.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Daisy sat behind a red curtain and performed a small serenade with help from her lion puppet.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Meet the voice behind Vandy's 'Sweet Caroline' serenade The Vanderbilt baseball team begins regional play today at Hawkins Field as the road to the College World Series begins.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Verb
Write a love letter, send flowers, or serenade that special person.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Guests can meet the growers and winemakers and do the old-fashioned grape stomp serenaded by the music of Papa Joe & The New Deal.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenade
Noun
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The drums are gentle and stirring; the arrangement evokes a pulsing lullaby.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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Produced by Close Media, Al-Ahsa Cinema Club and Hazel Films, the film offers a poetic reflection on motherhood, psychology and Arab cultural identity, capturing the lullaby as both music and memory.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Phillips croons about a mother’s bond with her child as Swinton walks off, her character freshly wrecked by a visit with her son in prison.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The melody is crooning and desperate, and their harmonies intertwine in a way that is supposed to mirror their bodies.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At the time of the chant, Deadline reported that UTA had dropped Bob Vylan soon after the set.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Ahead of Game 3, Ohtani was finally asked about his feelings on the chant.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The track begins with Winter’s distinct vocals warbling and wobbling over a tender percussion groove.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
8 July 2025
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The famous John Williams fanfare that blasted Star Wars onto our screens had appreciably less impact than even a standard screen would now offer, let alone IMAX and Dolby Cinema premium offerings while at some parts of the film, the sound warbled a little, before returning to normal.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Sounds of loud trilling shouts after silent hunts, and singing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The blast furnace of volcanoes has fallen silent, replaced by birdsong trilling from the branches and echoing through a garden of exotic stone.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The song kicks off with a string orchestra introduction followed by a Carmina Burana-like chorus and then Rosalía singing in an operatic soprano voice — in three languages.—
Dan Rys,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Starting as a chorus pig on The Muppet Show in the mid-1970s, Miss Piggy gradually became a bigger part of the series, before becoming an icon in the late ’70s and early ’80s.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Today there’s a rich universe of supplemental Pynchon material ranging from prose only an English PhD could unpack, to sharp analysis that makes the experience of reading Pynchon communal and fun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Is there a way to keep your knives sharp longer? A.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Swinging from the overhanging branches and darting through the woods, the animals were heading toward a nearby housing project, their pink faces lit with glee.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hanlon wasn’t trying to hide his glee.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Serenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenade. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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