Chant is an English word with synonyms like verbalize or mouth. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Chant in a sentence
Related words
Chant meaning
- To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- To sing or intone sacred text.
- To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
Synonyms of Chant
Using Chant
- The main meaning on this page is: To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music. | To sing or intone sacred text. | To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
- Useful related words include: intone, verbalize, mouth, utter.
- In the example corpus, chant often appears in combinations such as: to chant, the chant, chant said.
Context around Chant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chant
- In this selection, "chant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gregorian, western, ambrosian, traditions, obviously and harmonizations stand out and add context to how "chant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1150 early chant traditions main and a diesel chant breaks out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chant" sits close to words such as astronomers, booths and chanting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A huge “you deserve it” chant broke out. (8 words)
Bryan Danielson leads the "Yes" chant in Garland, Texas following AEW Collision. (12 words)
A Diesel chant breaks out, but Shawn punches his way out of the powerbomb. (14 words)
While the origin of the chant is unsettled, one possible source for the chant is a 1980 commercial for (the now-defunct) Red Frazier Ford of Cincinnati, which used this tagline: "Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier? (43 words)
Jennifer Doyle, a professor of English at University of California, Riverside, who has written about the “puto” chant, thinks the chant is most likely to stop if fans believe it to be a hex on the national team. (38 words)
By the 12th and 13th centuries, Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions, with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels. (36 words)
While the origin of the chant is unsettled, one possible source for the chant is a 1980 commercial for (the now-defunct) Red Frazier Ford of Cincinnati, which used this tagline: "Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier? (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
By the 12th and 13th centuries, Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions, with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels.
About this sound Play ( help · info ) Many of Du Fay's compositions were simple settings of chant, obviously designed for liturgical use, probably as substitutes for the unadorned chant, and can be seen as chant harmonizations.
The crowd starts a Rest in Peace chant to fire up Taker and I am glad that ended up not sticking and the much cooler “Un Der Tak Er” chant took it’s place.
I defend the right of his admirers to attend the rally and even to chant, ridiculously, “Lock her up” if Hillary Clinton is mentioned, and to chant “fake news” about a lot of true news.
Jennifer Doyle, a professor of English at University of California, Riverside, who has written about the “puto” chant, thinks the chant is most likely to stop if fans believe it to be a hex on the national team.
Early medieval music (before 1150) Early chant traditions main seeAlso Chant (or plainsong ) is a monophonic sacred form which represents the earliest known music of the Christian church.
In 1990, Yankees fans started to chant "1918!" to taunt the Red Sox. citation The demeaning chant would echo at Yankee Stadium each time the Red Sox were there.
While the origin of the chant is unsettled, one possible source for the chant is a 1980 commercial for (the now-defunct) Red Frazier Ford of Cincinnati, which used this tagline: "Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier?
According to News Corp, NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant urged people with any viral infection to stay at home if they can and avoid workplaces and crowded venues.
A Diesel chant breaks out, but Shawn punches his way out of the powerbomb.
A huge “you deserve it” chant broke out.
As Ted and Coach Beard arrive on the pitch for their first match since getting hired, they’re met with a deafening “Wanker!” chant from the crowd (in Season 1, Episode 2).
A van on Colmore Row blasts out 'Free Palestine' while the crowds chant, sing and let off flares creating an almost festival-like atmosphere.
A video of a fan making a Dutch player chant mantras in Sanskrit surfaced on social media after it was posted by none other than Cricket Netherlands themselves.
A video of the chant made its way across social media and received a lot of responses full of praise.
Besides, in 2022, the government issued a declaring “Joy Bangla” (Victory to Bangla), the ruling party’s political slogan, as the national slogan that students have to chant after the daily assemblies at educational institutions.
Bryan Danielson leads the "Yes" chant in Garland, Texas following AEW Collision.
But that’s unlikely; many Jews and Israelis have real reasons to hear “globalize the intifada” as a threatening chant.
Demon haunted and god haunted, he emerges from the company of Odin and Thor into the High Middle Ages – the world of illuminated manuscripts, Romanesque sculpture and Gregorian chant.
Devajyothi Kondapi, right, a pilgrim who visits from Portland, Oregon, a few times a year, meditates in the Iraivan Temple as her husband practises a chant at the monastery.
Common combinations with chant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to chant 23×
- the chant 17×
- chant said 11×
- chant and 10×
- chant slogans 10×
- kerry chant 9×
- and chant 9×
- dr chant 8×
- chant for 7×
- chant at 7×