as in lullaby
a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover
wooed his lady with a serenade
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Recent Examples of serenade
Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
The family-friendly event also features lucha libre, ballet folklorico, mariachi serenades, a free Kids Zone, giveaways, traditional Mexican food, margaritas and more.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
Andy Swift, TVLine, 20 Jan. 2025
He was serenaded by 50 local youths invited to attend the team’s practice.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Brown and Davis danced to a serenade by their friend, Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odom Jr., who was accompanied by Dr. Richard Schectman.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
The family-friendly event also features lucha libre, ballet folklorico, mariachi serenades, a free Kids Zone, giveaways, traditional Mexican food, margaritas and more.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
An eclectic mix of performers assembled Monday in Washington, D.C., for President Donald Trump‘s inauguration, with Carrie Underwood among the biggest names serenading him back into the Oval Office.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 20 Jan. 2025
He was serenaded by 50 local youths invited to attend the team’s practice.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenade
Noun
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Instead, read your child a story or sing lullabies.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Being mapped to a controller means that all songs in Ocarina of Time have a no-frills lullaby quality to them.—
Ashley Bardhan,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2024
Verb
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More Valentine’s Day fun over at Old Ironsides (not so much the candy and flowers type, but still plenty sweet, with perhaps a couple of thorns) with Space Sage & the Stars, the current project of crooning madcap local indie artist Sage Cummins.—
Aaron Davis,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Feb. 2025
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The performances feature Jackman crooning tunes from a number of stage musicals and movies in which he's starred, including songs from Oklahoma, The Music Man, Les Misérables, and The Greatest Showman.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Regardless of the chant being messed up slightly, Eagles fans are still overtly excited about their team potentially making another Super Bowl.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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The father, lost in his loveless gloom and living in a world of hard, martial surfaces, spends his time listening to brooding Russian chants.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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To lend the appearance of vitality, junk cars driven by mannequins populated the parking lot to the backdrop of warbling holiday tapes played on low-fidelity loudspeakers.—
Douglas C. Towne,
The Arizona Republic,
18 Dec. 2024
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Phoenix, who doesn’t seem accustomed to singing, much less very interested in it, is forced to warble his way through song numbers while Gaga refuses to lay down a dichotomy between what’s real versus fantasy concerning her character’s musical talents.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Any minute now, the mockingbird will trill at me to go to bed.—
Edan Lepucki,
The Atlantic,
12 July 2024
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At dawn, cooing doves and trilling Eurasian blackbirds woke me.—
Nina Burleigh,
New York Times,
21 May 2024
Noun
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Within moments, a laughing chorus mimics it; our little group is belting out our rallying cry, established over the past few days of wandering up and down the Nile River.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2025
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Lisa and Raye trade off on the first verse and chorus before passing the baton to Doja, who drops a verse as the song rides out.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The world’s second-largest economy continues to face a range of challenges, from job insecurity among the younger generation to sharp downturns in the property sector, once a cornerstone of the country’s economic growth.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.—
Kaleigh Rogers,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Randall cries at the tribute to his birth father and spontaneously dances with glee at no longer being the only male in the family.—
Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Sure, there had been shows that broke the fourth wall, but none did so with quite the same conspiratorial panache as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, delivering her straight-to-camera confessions with winking glee and singular wit.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Serenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenade. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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