as in chants
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 serenades
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
Clips from the Pitt-Stanford game spread rapidly on Bluesky, where multiple users captured separate free-throw serenades and posted them individually.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
Across from the San Francisco Giants’ home base of Oracle Park, the audience swayed to British singer-songwriter Oliva Dean’s R&B-infused serenades at The One Party by Uber at Pier 48.
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Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era.
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Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
Clips from the Pitt-Stanford game spread rapidly on Bluesky, where multiple users captured separate free-throw serenades and posted them individually.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
Across from the San Francisco Giants’ home base of Oracle Park, the audience swayed to British singer-songwriter Oliva Dean’s R&B-infused serenades at The One Party by Uber at Pier 48.
—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenades
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Thanks in part to the addictive vocals of band members Adriana Flores and Bryan Ponce, the Altons were designated as one of the flagship bands for roots label Daptone Records new soul spinoff, Penrose Records.
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Under the spotlight, her sentimental vocals land softly with a crowd that’s happy to see her.
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Richard Marx croons his way onto Billboard’s jazz charts for the first time in a career as a lead recording artist that dates back almost 40 years.
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Murray — beloved for iconic roles in Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack and other films — croons spirited renditions of timeless songs, from Bob Dylan to the Kinks to Tommy Tutone.
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The chants, drums and songs from Colombian supporters filled the stadium from well before kickoff.
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That didn’t seem to dent the energy, with spontaneous Argentinian futbol songs breaking out among scrums of fans.
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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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Is that panic, when the flute trills high?
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As mourners talked quietly, nursery rhymes were interspersed with traditional gospel hymns.
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One version sings hymns to a mythic nation always free, always just, always brave, always chosen.
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This deck area positively hums with IG brunch-scene potential.
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To prevent its data centers from overheating, SpaceX plans to adopt liquid cooling, but not the kind that hums inside your desktop PC.
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The musical, which has a book by Jeff Whitty with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, went on to play in Las Vegas, London's West End, and other locations worldwide.
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As the only standalone English track of the album, its lyrics speak of a situationship so suspended in uncertainty that Selines craftily matched it with the sonic sensation of floating into outer space.
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Commit to the connections that have potential as the Sagittarius moon harmonizes with Saturn.
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The willful Sun harmonizes with Chiron, offering opportunities for growth in your 9th House of Learning, encouraging questions and practical wisdom that make big ideas workable.
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“Serenades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenades. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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