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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

Strange Sensation into this world of sharing vocals and working around another singer, adapting to someone else’s vocal style.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
This soundbar is specifically designed to help clarify dialogue by raising vocals and clearing pronunciation.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026

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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

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One of six children, Tyler grew up idolizing Tina Turner and Janis Joplin and singing hymns in the Anglican church her parents attended.

— Adela Suliman, NBC news, 9 July 2026
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

Definition of hymns

Noun

When Branch wiped her Instagram profile and began posting cryptic photos using lyrics from The Spirit Room, everyone freaked out.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
In the early days of the war, Union troops from Boston had borrowed the familiar melody of a religious camp meeting song and added new lyrics lionizing John Brown, the leader of the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).

— Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 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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