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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Verb
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Guests are also offered complimentary city treats, like hot, powdery beignets, served from a charming lobby cart each afternoon, and Jeremy Davenport croons jazz tunes four nights a week in his namesake lounge.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Dec. 2025 -
Gregg, 60, croons to Murphy, who looks adoringly into his eyes.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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The lights are low and the room hums with stillness.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, OneCoin still hums along and continues to attract investors.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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The friends are Edmar Colon on saxophone, Jiri Nedoma on piano and Devon Gates on bass and vocals.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
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Around November 29, Uranus harmonizes with transformative Pluto in your sign, providing a blast of originality that can result in claiming greater personal power.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Midweek, the Virgo Moon (Jan 6th–8th) harmonizes beautifully with your sign, lighting up your growth and perspective sector.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
4 Jan. 2026
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According to the lawsuit, the pair filed notices of termination in 2022 to reclaim the rights to those songs, which were released by its subsidiaries Next Plateau London Records.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
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Using his falsetto vocals, this was one of the songs of the summer, blending '80s synth-pop and new wave, with touches of '70s-era funk and blues.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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Most candlelight services include familiar Christmas hymns, a short message about the birth of Jesus, and a moment of reflection as the lights dim and candles are passed.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Dec. 2025
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The film demands plenty of its cast, including singing, dancing and getting caught in rapture, set to an unconventional soundtrack based on Shaker hymns by Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg.—
William Earl,
Variety,
18 Dec. 2025
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Harbour also recently made headlines following the release of estranged wife Lily Allen's latest album, West End Girl, which contained references many interpreted as pointing toward alleged unfaithfulness on Harbour's part, though the actor isn't explicitly named in the lyrics.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Three songwriters from each category will be selected, celebrating artists whose lyrics and melodies have made a lasting impact on music.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sometimes, honest to God, there are seven different versions of certain verses, different choruses, everything.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Music directors Jordan Summers and Nick Vincent did a classic song that passes too quickly on record a great service by extending it by a few choruses, giving Valentine a chance to wring the emotion out of it that was only inherent in Zevon’s necessarily simpler delivery.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Serenades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenades. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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