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  • noun Plural form of chorus.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chorus.

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Examples

  • Man's best friend, stationed on the roof of most houses, joined together in choruses of frenzied barking, provides the moon, the casual stroller in the street, and the insomniacs among us with examples of his devotion to duty.

    Noise 2000

  • Man's best friend, stationed on the roof of most houses, joined together in choruses of frenzied barking, provides the moon, the casual stroller in the street, and the insomniacs among us with examples of his devotion to duty.

    Noise 2000

  • German Tendenz choruses, that is choruses with conscious social significance.

    Labor, Labor Movement and Music Speech by Hanns Eisler, 1938 1938

  • They are a set of fellows (as I conceive) who, being limited by their talents to the burthen of the song at the play-houses, in revenge have got the common popular airs by Bishop, or some cheap composer, arranged for choruses, that is, to be sung all in chorus.

    Selected English Letters Various 1913

  • The orchestra is said to be large and good, and my principal favorites can be well performed there, that is to say choruses, and I am right glad that the Frenchmen are fond of them ....

    Mozart The Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words Kerst, Friedrich 1905

  • The choruses were the same for the third night as were the character duets between Walter Campbell, Sam Booth, Anderson and me, which were repeated by request.

    Sixty Years of California Song Margaret Blake Alverson 1879

  • They are a set of fellows (as I conceive) who being limited by their talents to the burthen of the song at the play houses, in revenge have got the common popular airs by Bishop or some cheap composer arranged for choruses, that is, to be sung all in chorus.

    The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805

  • Between the choruses is a palpable silence of assent among the players.

    Stereophile RSS Feed 2009

  • There's also a lot to be said for big, memorable, singalong choruses, which is why Oasis, Aerosmith and the mighty Girls Aloud are also on the playlist.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Between the choruses is a palpable silence of assent among the players.

    Stereophile RSS Feed 2009

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