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chorus

[kawr-uhs, kohr-] / ˈkɔr əs, ˈkoʊr- /




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Despite another miserable showing by Jaissle's side, the Toon Army had stuck by the team from start to finish before a chorus of boos echoed around St James' Park at the final whistle.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

"Let's go, Lula!" the oft-repeated phrase mingled in the air with a non-stop chorus of honking horns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Such an amen chorus, however wise and worthy, doesn’t seem to help Berry anticipate the scrutiny of more skeptical observers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Of course, Hurts has a cheering section, but their voices are often drowned out by the chorus and echoes of criticism.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mortar crumbles from the bricks and a hushed group of voices begin a chorus of “God Save the King.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

His songs have sections that resemble verses, bridges and choruses, but they unfold in strange ways and seem inseparable from how he performs them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

And just like she promises in my summer staple, Bonnie Tyler’s huge choruses and blockbuster anthems will be ravishing us until the end of this endless night.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

She’s not a diva belting out choruses and taking up space—instead, she sometimes seems like a master of ceremonies, someone hosting the party rather than hogging the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Blending folk-infused pop songs with anthemic choruses, he has built a reputation for emotionally open songwriting.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

I was grateful that he did not say anything about Amaka’s statement, that he talked about the sweet-smelling rains instead and sang along with the robust Igbo choruses coming from his cassette player.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Another Slate colleague, at a bar in southern Italy, reported that all the Americans similarly looked at their phones at once and chorused “Guilty!”

From Slate ● May 30, 2024

“We are revolutionaries. We are free,” they chorused.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2021

“Yes on A.B. 5! Yes on A.B. 5!” they chorused.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2019

For whatever reason — faith, common sense, a well-functioning moral compass and BS detector — Butler found it within himself to say “no” while a powerful, high-minded flock all around him chorused “yes.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2016

“He did!” the two chorused, each pointing at his opponent.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

It can be hard on the eardrums when all those cicadas get together in those trees and start chorusing.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

The 78ers follow the First Nations and the crowd is cheering and grinning, cries of “Thank you!” chorusing up from the stands.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2018

Arkansas is also home to annual cicadas, which will emerge and begin their chorusing.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2015

The system flags trouble spots with an alphabet app—Jayden is having trouble with difference between “C “and “K,” for instance—that might be easy to miss when the whole class is chorusing the alphabet together.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2012

The relaxation of a strain was quite unmistakable in this last chorusing.

From The War-Workers by E.M. Delafield


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