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
Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Enjoy the serenade of the stream but watch for poison ivy.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
Adam Sobsey, SPIN, 25 Sep. 2024
The Voice coach was inspired to release an album of lullabies when a video of him serenading Esti on the piano received warm feedback from fans, according to his post.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Memorable dining experiences available year-round include Bar 17 Bistro, the rooftop bar at Universal Aventura Hotel with sweeping views of Orlando, and Mama Della’s Ristorante at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, where strolling musicians serenade diners and take song requests.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Enjoy the serenade of the stream but watch for poison ivy.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
Verb
The ghost of a star who never got a chance to shine, serenading the living from beyond the grave.
—Adam Sobsey, SPIN, 25 Sep. 2024
The Voice coach was inspired to release an album of lullabies when a video of him serenading Esti on the piano received warm feedback from fans, according to his post.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2024
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Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat [Chrysalis/Partisan] Laura Marling’s first album in four years is a trove of nocturnal ballads and introspective lullabies recorded in the room with her newborn daughter.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2024
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Heretic Euphoric Dream Spray A soothing earthy citrus, consider this a lullaby in fragrance form.Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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The cashier then turned to a pair of singing possums played by Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim, crooning The Lion King-style about how the milk comes from… well, a possum’s teat.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
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Gaga croons gently, letting the lyric speak for itself.Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Step two: Seize the moment, in between chops and chants and CBS cutaways to Taylor Swift. Step three: Have Bo Nix deliver the most efficient outing in the biggest game of his NFL career.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
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Distinguished violinists from Joseph Szigeti to Hilary Hahn have tackled the Fourth Sonata, yet Jackiw sets a new standard, running the gamut from boisterous fiddling to solitary chant, with sly parodies of overcooked Romanticism along the way.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Rita also sings a variety of jazz standards, and in one early scene, brings a crowd to tears warbling an original tune for her 9-year-old son (Elliott Heffernan).Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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This is the iconic horror baddie he was meant to play, a deeply unnerving dollmaker who warbles with musical malevolence, confounds the law with his Zodiac-like ciphers, and lives for glam rock and killing sprees.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
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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
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Could anyone utter these lofty words today without courting a chorus of snickers, a social-media immolation?George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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There’s that earworm refrain, followed by formidably declarative verses, a powder keg of a chorus and a high-concept bridge.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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That included everything from off-center parts at Simone Rocha to sharp, contrasting textures at KNWLS.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Sep. 2023
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There might have been an unconscious malice — a glee — to my pounce.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Alyssa said, of the duel against Tatianna, before reacting with glee over the memory of RuPaul deciding to keep both queens — and asking them both to eliminate one of the remaining contestants.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Serenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenade. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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