How to Use chorus in a Sentence

chorus

1 of 2 noun
  • We awoke to a chorus of birdsong.
  • The President's policies have been questioned by a growing chorus of critics.
  • There is a chorus of singing this tune.
    — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026
  • But the chorus is watching, and the hour is late.
    — Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That chorus is your cue to start looking up.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Does the topline then evolve to better serve the chorus?
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The clouds are a chorus behind them.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • What unlocked the song was the chorus.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • In this book, the teenagers − the kids − are the Greek chorus.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As the players stepped off the bus, they were met by as chorus of boos.
    — Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Animal lovers as well as deer hunters have joined the chorus.
    — Soumya Karlamangla Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • As if the people were a chorus of the voiceless, and she their avatar.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Abarca cut the engines, and a chorus of nun birds rose from the forests.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Phil had the verses worked out but didn’t know how the chorus was going to go.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Then, after the final chorus, came a voice of calm.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The anecdote was greeted with a chorus of laughs.
    — Devin Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • Then, once the song has ascended to its chorus, there is a dove, ablaze.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • However, things take a hard turn in the post-chorus.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Under the guise of counter-speech being free speech, the chorus rolled on.
    — Justin Vallejo, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Others made even bigger changes to the chorus.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The Demand posed in the middle of the ring to a chorus of boos.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Or does the first and second chorus really have to be the same?
    — Rose Eden, SPIN, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The verse is tethered to the earth; the chorus glides like a 747.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Only at the end does a choir of background singers join in for a final chorus.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The duo then break into a sweet slow dance before the final chorus.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Instead, Bovino left to a chorus of cuss words and boo birds.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The chorus is inspired by a Young Gleesh song from back in the day.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The melody and the chorus are infectious.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Only a few women sang, so the chorus had a deep, rumbling sound.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Instead of a confession, the book would be more like a chorus.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

chorus

2 of 2 verb
  • The class chorused “Good morning!”.
  • During an eclipse, crickets will chirp and frogs will chorus, thinking night has fallen.
    — Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 14 Aug. 2017
  • As the choir chorused and as brides in white gowns walked down the aisle, the handful of relatives and friends present inside the church maintained social distance, cheered and snapped photos.
    — Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • The home crowd at the Frost Bank Center has been singing that chorus like a church choir since Wembanyama’s rookie season.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The Bears continue living that chorus out loud, devoted to chasing improvement with the blazing competitive fire exhibited by their head coach.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There will be a special appearance by the OC Sound, an award-winning Sweet Adelines chorus from Orange County.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The striker was substituted in the 65th minute for Callum Wilson, with supporters in the away enclosure chorusing for his inclusion.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 3 May 2026

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