Get to know Chorus better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sound or emit.
Chorus meaning
- A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
- A song performed by the singers of such a group.
- An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
Synonyms of Chorus
Using Chorus
- The main meaning on this page is: A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song. | A song performed by the singers of such a group. | An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
- Useful related words include: sound, let out, emit, utter.
- In the example corpus, chorus often appears in combinations such as: chorus of, the chorus, chorus and.
Context around Chorus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chorus
- In this selection, "chorus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, verse, windsong, male, windsong, leader and verse stand out and add context to how "chorus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include during the chorus windsong spaces and at windsong chorus centennial state. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chorus" sits close to words such as blank, invention and pointer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chorus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She serves as choral director of Meadowlarks Chorus, and performed with Midlakes Melody Ladies Barbershop Chorus. (16 words)
Musth rumbles may be answered by the "female chorus", a low-frequency, modulated chorus produced by several cows. (18 words)
The chorus "With catlike tread" from Pirates is an imitation of Verdi's " Anvil Chorus " from Il trovatore. (18 words)
Some notable moments in the opera include the "Prisoners' Chorus", an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the scene in which the rescue finally takes place. (43 words)
Everyone is invited to New Center Ridge M.B. Church to help celebrate our Male Chorus 20th Year Anniversary on Mar. 21 at 5 p.m. All seats are free and all groups, choirs, male chorus and soloists are invited. (40 words)
Calling for a huge orchestra, chorus, and children’s chorus—in addition to highly taxing principal roles—the work is famously difficult to stage and is often performed in concert, making this full theatrical production a rare treat. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Using the standard thirty-two-bar form for verses and choruses, normal pop songs followed the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus structure.
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington were joined by the GenOUT Youth Chorus to perform a Dolly Parton-inspired show at Lincoln Theatre on June 3-4.
The Sterling High School Jazz Choir performs "What Makes You Beautiful," under the direction of Annette Lambrecht, at Windsong Chorus, Centennial State Chorus and Friends' "Angels Sing!" concert Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023.
Verdi gave a special place to the chorus in this interpretation, turning the three witches into a dramatic choral force, and the company’s women’s chorus sings spectacularly.
Windsong Chorus member Chris Wolf recognizes the first-ever recipient of the Curt and Judy Kimball Windsong Scholarship, Alexis Tait, during the chorus' "Windsong Spaces Out" concert Sunday, Jan.
Windsong Chorus members perform "It's All About that 'Space'" during the chorus' "Windsong Spaces Out" concert Sunday, Jan.
Calling for a huge orchestra, chorus, and children’s chorus—in addition to highly taxing principal roles—the work is famously difficult to stage and is often performed in concert, making this full theatrical production a rare treat.
Everyone is invited to New Center Ridge M.B. Church to help celebrate our Male Chorus 20th Year Anniversary on Mar. 21 at 5 p.m. All seats are free and all groups, choirs, male chorus and soloists are invited.
Scheduled to perform during Fairmont’s holiday celebration are the Long Branch Songbirds Chorus; soloists Sarah Blanton, Brittany Lovette Pittman, and Audry McNeese; the Pleasant View Baptist Church Choir; and the Rosenwald Elementary School Chorus.
Some of the performers will include: Leona Lewis, the National Symphony Orchestra led by Jack Everly, U.S. Army Chorus and Army Voices, U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, Soldiers' Chorus, U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants.
She serves as choral director of Meadowlarks Chorus, and performed with Midlakes Melody Ladies Barbershop Chorus.
Ainger, p. 179 Sullivan's manuscript for Pirates contains pages removed from a Thespis score, with the vocal parts of this chorus altered from their original arrangement as a four-part chorus.
Another variation is that the third line of each chorus is kept unchanged from the first chorus, or is changed to the third line of the preceding verse.
Bacchylides celebrated such victories by Theseus in one of his dithyrambs, sung in the form of a dialogue between chorus and chorus-leader (poem 18).
Musth rumbles may be answered by the "female chorus", a low-frequency, modulated chorus produced by several cows.
Parabasis The parabasis is an address to the audience by the chorus or chorus leader while the actors leave or have left the stage.
Rolling Stone. November 14, 2002 Vig suggested some arrangement changes to the song, including moving a guitar ad lib into the chorus, and trimming down the chorus length. di Perna, Alan.
Scene 1: Funeral of Akhnaten's father Amenhotep III Heralded by hammering drums, Aye and a small male chorus chant a funeral hymn in Egyptian, later joined by the full chorus.
Some notable moments in the opera include the "Prisoners' Chorus", an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the scene in which the rescue finally takes place.
The chorus "With catlike tread" from Pirates is an imitation of Verdi's " Anvil Chorus " from Il trovatore.
Common combinations with chorus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- chorus of 51×
- the chorus 47×
- chorus and 19×
- chorus is 6×
- male chorus 5×
- chorus in 4×
- school chorus 4×
- chorus line 4×
- that chorus 4×
- song chorus 4×