serenades 1 of 2

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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serenades

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verb

present tense third-person singular of serenade
as in croons

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Recent Examples of serenades
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenades
  1. vocals
  2. croons
  3. songs
  4. warbles
  5. hymns
  6. trills
  7. lyrics
  8. hums
Noun
  • Over industrial/electro darkwave, MacKay was a composed presence, delivering vocals with casual ease, propping his foot on an amp while leaning into the crowd, and lightly resting his elbow on the mic stand.
    — Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026
  • At 25 years old, the Mexican folk artist is an old-soul whose music is rooted in intimate lyrics and acoustic melodies, backed by his tender-yet-soulful vocals.
    — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of vocals
Verb
  • Birds chirp and jazz music croons as museum visitors are invited to read about Lincoln Hills and view artifacts, photos and video testimonials about the resort.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Those who fail to sing get tagged with a red laser pointer, so pretty much everyone croons.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of croons
Noun
  • In Kot’s eyes, the band was stunting its artistic growth by becoming a familiar, corporate brand à la the Rolling Stones; for Bono, there were some good songs on Voodoo Lounge.
    — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Keyboardist Jason Derlatka took over for two songs — also capturing Perry’s pipes with eerie precision.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of songs
Verb
  • With her rich rupture of a voice, Caven warbles and quavers 16 autobiographical songs in German and French, accompanied by the electronic Catalan band Molforts.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of warbles
Noun
  • At the conclusion of an English-language service interspersed with hymns in Arabic, the priest introduced Salazar, who stood up in the front row, smiling and waving.
    — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The atmosphere feels similar to Pentecostal churches, with the hymns and spiritual declarations very familiar to those sung in other churches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of hymns
Verb
  • Maine coons have become popular for their playful, sociable reputation, distinctive chirps and trills and their deep roots in New England history.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Zipf’s law states that a handful of words—or, in this case, chirps, whistles and trills—occur frequently, while most are rare.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of trills
Noun
  • Not so, the guitarist affirms, while acknowledging that the lyrics could be read that way.
    — Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The band’s inscrutable lyrics and ramshackle approach make for songs that feel like unintentional and effortless anthems, rock ’n’ roll castoffs that catalyzed new possibilities.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of lyrics
Verb
  • Beneath it all hums the climate crisis, driving hotter, drier weather and pushing the water cycle off balance.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • But the area has history, with an old town dating back to the Etruscans and a tranquil port that hums to life each morning with fishing boats.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hums

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