Thesaurus results for CHANTING

chanting

verb

present participle of chant

as in singing

to utter in musical or drawn out tones the frustrated crowd at the rock concert started to chant, "We want the show to start!"

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as in vocalizing

to produce musical sounds with the voice monks chanting fervently at matins

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Recent Examples of chanting First, the Huskies mixed it up with some marching band members on the practice field outside of Huskie Stadium, jumping in on a routine and exchanging fight songs, with the players chanting, clapping and pumping their fists during their version. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 This fanatical regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel, for 47 years. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Celebrations under tight security In Kabul, Afghans took to the squares carrying Taliban flags and chanting slogans in support of the government. — Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Syrians gathered around the court in Damascus, chanting, clapping and waving the Syrian flag as news of the sentences spread. — Kinda Makieh, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 Outpouring of grief The sound of sobbing underlays chanting in dozens of dialects woven together in a single expression of sorrow for Imam Hussein and his companions and family, killed and taken captive in the defining event of Shia Islam. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026 Many children were in attendance, chanting his name before the news conference began. — Tony Jones, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Moments earlier, residents had walked out chanting after County Judge Tim O'Hare ordered the chamber cleared following several outbursts. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 While the loudest voices inside Target Center spent the afternoon condemning Cunningham, young girls waited near the tunnel chanting her name. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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intoning

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When reading Blake in a Harlem apartment in 1948, Ginsberg was struck with a vision of the Romantic poet, intoning his own verse in his own voice.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
The news site Deadspin took clips of different anchors intoning the same words and laid them over one another to make a hellish cacophony.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026

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