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serenade

[ser-uh-neyd] / ˌsɛr əˈneɪd /
NOUN
melody
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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

Snoop Dogg has asked fans to serenade him by twirling towels on his first visit to the club.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

The rain did not dampen the spirits of a hearty and colourful band of about two dozen Zimbabwe fans, who danced and sang throughout the damp afternoon to serenade their team's qualification.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

Its descending bass line, colored by Fender Rhodes piano and Mr. Frampton’s tender vocals, result in a soulful serenade: “Wanna be with you night and day / Ooh, baby, I love your way.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 19, 2026

And we ’ave choirs of wood nymphs, ’oo serenade us as we eat.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

"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

My grandfather, who had sat through the clarinet serenades as he sat through everything, aware of their significance but unconvinced of the wisdom of getting involved, now glared at his son.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Under Dolan’s leadership, the Knicks suffered 16 losing seasons in one 19-year stretch, as fans at Madison Square Garden serenaded him with chants of “Sell the team.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

A singer from the Chinese military serenaded then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis with the song during his 2018 trip.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Five years after it charted, he famously serenaded Britain’s Princess Diana with “September Morn” during a Reagan-era dinner at the White House.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Every few days in the lunchroom she serenaded someone new with “Happy Birthday.”

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

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

And that was the tune belted out from the west section of the national stadium as the City players lifted the trophy amid the pyrotechnics, and fans rejoiced by serenading Semenyo.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Nevertheless, that did not stop Palace fans from serenading the Austrian and urging him to stay.

From BBC May 7, 2026

While taking a break outside a downtown Oxnard restaurant, he looked tired, wiping his forehead after serenading a pair, a couple and a group at a Mexican restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

Dad asked me, catching me serenading Teddy as I pushed him around the kitchen in his stroller in a vain attempt to get him to nap.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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