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serenade

[ser-uh-nayd] / ˌsɛr əˈneɪd /
NOUN
melody
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The episode was watched by about 12.3m people on Christmas day and saw Hartland's character serenade the crowd at the wedding of his on-screen dad Smithy, played by James Cordon.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It also found that he arranged for a singer to serenade the staffer on her birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Their mother helped book their first gigs singing serenade covers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Swansea co-owner Snoop Dogg wants fans to serenade him by twirling towels when he visits the Welsh football club for the first time.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

And he would serenade the oysters of Chesapeake Bay with the hymns the brothers Wesley had written to bring sinners to repentance and praise.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

"She was always singing serenades at home and I was always listening. It is thanks to her that I have this taste for music and that I deeply love singing," she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

The holiday serenades, decorations dating back to the 1930s and a Christmas tree with more than 14,000 lights are part of the draw.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

The moment - during part of the show where Martin serenades audience members with an improvised song - went viral, and has reportedly led to at least one divorce.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

“Go Pack Go!” serenades soon joined the soundtrack, though, and this became quite a New Year’s Eve blowout.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024

All love serenades must come to an end.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Just as the players he serenaded with his calls became institutions in the sport, so did he.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

He was serenaded by those inside the Stade Pierre-Mauroy after helping Lille defeat Real Madrid in the Champions League on his 17th birthday.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Bieber later took the stage and serenaded his wife with his hit “One Less Lonely Girl.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

The bestselling tenor also avoided the second inauguration but made a special Oval Office visit in October, when he serenaded the president.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

We didn’t have a tent, we just lay under the stars, nestled inside the Millers’ fluffy sleeping bags, serenaded by frogs, the fire we’d cooked the dogs on dying out by our feet.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Four goals plus an excellent assist for Harry Kane's goal in the 2-0 win over Panama has had England's supporters serenading the 23-year-old here in the USA.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The Italian right-wing tabloid Libero published a front-page cartoon of Trump serenading Meloni with the headline “It’s love again.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Lopez silenced most of the sellout crowd of 7,042, making it easy to hear USC fans serenading him during the College Station Regional Final.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

The entire audience joined in serenading the woman of the hour as they clapped along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

For an hour we were their choir, our weak, raspy voices serenading them as they laughed and talked and ate—and the food they ate!

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz


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