Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenaded
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The 20-year-old crooned the melancholic record backed solely by a solemn piano melody.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jan. 2026 -
On a cool December evening as raindrops polka-dotted the pavement, longtime street performer Onunze Ubaka, 72, crooned Motown classics to a virtually empty corner off the usually busy Jackson Square in the French Quarter.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Dec. 2025
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My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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The nondescript industrial buildings once hummed away largely behind the scenes, powering the various facets of our online lives.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The laser-cutting machine hummed with life.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Jan. 2026
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In the two days after Pretti died, Bovino relentlessly trolled Democrats who condemned the shooting—and defended Border Patrol agents as the real victims.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Newsom has trolled Trump for months with social media barbs, delighting some Democratic loyalists who have pushed party leaders and potential 2028 candidates to take a harder line.—
Dave Goldiner,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Serenaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenaded. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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