Thesaurus results for REFRAINS

refrains

noun

plural of refrain

as in choruses

a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often I didn't know the verses of the song, so I only sang on the refrain

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Recent Examples of refrains But on The Blueprint, Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Bink made a habit of letting the singers from old R&B records wail away beneath Jay-Z’s verses, or croon refrains that Jay would talk back to and thread into his rhymes. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 14 July 2026 Trump kicked off the Great American State Fair celebration Wednesday, June 24, with a speech that echoed several of his most familiar refrains, from lowering gas prices and criticizing former President Joe Biden to touting his border policies. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 25 June 2026 The Nashville approach prioritizes clear story lines and catchy refrains. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 Her refrains center the desires underpinning MAITREYA CORSO. — Caitlin Wolper Phillips, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026 The most traditional poetic forms are repetitive, with strict rhyme schemes and meter, but newer interpretations are also built around repetition, relying on slant rhymes, refrains, alliteration, and more. — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026 To Mohyuddin, the refrains about Sharia law are familiar and ridiculous, but no less disturbing. — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 Both are common refrains, but at the time, Hall struggled to see past the fog clouding his future. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026 What Trump is saying Trump likes to repeat two basic refrains about his economic policy. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025

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choruses

Noun

There are no memorable choruses, hooky instrumentals passages, or spellbinding solos, all which have been a part of the band’s sonic identity, including on Life Is But a Dream… to an extent.

— Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026