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
Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 July 2025
In the evening, get a true taste of New Orleans music at Kermit’s Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge, where musicians serenade crowds into the early morning.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
The internet had been buzzing with rumors that her seductive serenade during the R&B superstar’s live performance sparked a breakup with a supposed husband, but Tillman is calling it all fan fiction.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Drake interacts with plenty of fans while he’s serenaded on his entrance, walking through the crowd to the stage on tour.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 July 2025
In the evening, get a true taste of New Orleans music at Kermit’s Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge, where musicians serenade crowds into the early morning.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Verb
Eventually, Holman summoned everyone to the table and began his spoken word serenade with tales of New York, Kentucky, and Jewish identity.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
The internet had been buzzing with rumors that her seductive serenade during the R&B superstar’s live performance sparked a breakup with a supposed husband, but Tillman is calling it all fan fiction.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenade
Noun
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Very tricky, because this was a lullaby version of the song, rather than the original one (which opens with a piano sequence).—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Melanie's artistry from Greenwich Village to Woodstock to lullabies For Melanie, creativity occupied the broadest and most all-encompassing spectrum.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The group’s members respond in kind, crooning the song’s longing lyrics in Korean at Minogue as the studio audience lose it and their other four bandmates, and J Balvin, look on with big smiles from chairs just offstage.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
2 Sep. 2025
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On today’s episode: John Legend croons; CPI inflation soothes; Same job as mom?—
Darian Woods,
NPR,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What lingers are the fragments that weren’t rehearsed, a voice breaking, a note pulled from the back of a notebook, a chant that filled the room, a line spoken more to a spouse than to the cameras.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Tintinnabuli was inspired, in part, by Pärt’s interest in much earlier styles of Christian music, including Gregorian chant – the single-voice singing of Roman Catholicism – and Renaissance polyphony, which weaves together multiple melodic lines.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 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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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
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Expect to marvel at saddles blanketed in blueberries and multi-hued wildflowers, marmots trilling their warnings, ibex perched on rocky spines, and neon critters that wiggle and hop underfoot.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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Why would sharp-as-nails med school grads opt toward a presumably dead-end occupational route?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Thompson was pretty brave for weaving his fingers with Meg's, considering how long and sharp her stiletto manicure is.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
17 July 2025
Noun
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What followed was, fittingly, pure glee.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Sep. 2025
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That feeling of getting glee from seeing other people get their comeuppance.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Serenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenade. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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