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noun

plural of serenade

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

present tense third-person singular of serenade

as in croons

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Noun

Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era. — 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

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Noun

Jagger penned new lyrics, recorded new vocals, and presto — the band made its last classic.

— Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Multitracking his voice into a haunted choir, the effect as his vocals rise and cut out is absolutely gutting.

— Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Definition of vocals

Verb

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.

— Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
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.

— Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026

Definition of croons

Noun

Produced again by the classic-rocker whisperer Andrew Watt (Paul McCartney, Elton John, Pearl Jam), the band delivers a clutch of strong songs.

— Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
But we writers of historical fiction should never forget, in our focus on the vast sweep of time and change, that the symphony itself is composed of lots of little songs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of songs

Verb

McGill’s superbly nuanced calls, runs, and trills elicited commentary from a second audience, perched in the trees above—a colloquium of finches, towhees, titmice, kingbirds, juncos, and Eurasian collared doves.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Musselwhite punctuated the music with his harmonica trills and moans while his right knee bounced in time with the rhythms.

— Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026

Definition of trills

Noun

Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 4 July 2026
Transplants from the British Isles In 1776, as the nation’s founding generation proclaimed democratic ideals, music in the emerging United States consisted largely of British ballads, fiddle tunes, sea chanteys and hymns.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of hymns

Noun

The musical features a book by Jenna Clark Embrey and Molly Beach Murphy, which music and lyrics by Train, choreography by David Neumann, direction by Lorin Latarro and music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Brian Usifer.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Between Bon Jovi being home-ish from the band's Sayreville, New Jersey, roots and also back home on stage, the resonance of the lyrics were apparent on his face.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of lyrics

Verb

Gentle self-expression comes easily as the emotional Moon in your sign harmonizes with the vibrant Sun in your 5th House of Creativity and Play.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
Commit to the connections that have potential as the Sagittarius moon harmonizes with Saturn.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 June 2026

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