(n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.
(n.) A song or hymn of praise.
(v. t.) To celebrate with anthems.
Example Sentences:
(1) In that respect, it's difficult to see Allen's anthem as little more than same old same old, and it's probably why I ultimately feel she misses the mark.
(2) Like most anthems it’s intended to create unity in the face of adversity, coming from a time when America was a new country trying to forge its identity.
(3) Steve Bell on Jeremy Corbyn not singing the national anthem – cartoon Read more Admiral Lord West, former Labour security minister, said the decision not to sing the anthem was extraordinary.
(4) The national anthems Nothing to say about the Indian anthem, but the New Zealand one sounds like the theme tune for an 1960s ATV variety spectacular.
(5) When he finished his peroration, the congregants applauded and sang the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah.
(6) It doesn't surprise me that a man whose hit song sounded like an assault anthem and featured a video full of naked models would attempt to get back his wife via public pressure and a threatening music video.
(7) King was 16th on an official programme that included the national anthem, the invocation, a prayer, a tribute to women, two sets of songs and nine other speakers.
(8) The best advertisement for the format came four hours before the final even started, when, in ITV1's coverage of the FA Cup Final, the teenager Faryl Smith, a 2008 runner-up, sang the national anthem solo and faultlessly in front of a full crowd at Wembley.
(9) We should strip our own national anthem back, and replace the lyrics with our own best-known meaningless word – “oi!” Unless of course Big Liz turns up, and then we can stick in those other words – but she’s not going to, is she?” Netherlands – Tinchy Stryder Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tinchy Stryder has had two UK No1 singles, Number 1 and Never Leave You.
(10) It was reported that the Greek tourist board had asked TV networks to keep the crowd volume low amid fears Greek fans in the stadium would drown out the German national anthem with jeers.
(11) wearefriendlyfires.com Ceremoniously slow and with a mood of solemn self-satisfaction and reflective pride, the most I can say about this is every note of it is archetypal national anthem fodder.
(12) Oleg Sentsov should make new films, not count years in prison.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Oleg Sentsov sings the Ukrainian national anthem as he is sentenced to 20 years in a Russian penal colony Sentsov attracted the ire of the Russian authorities after helping to organise a campaign protesting at Russia’s occupation and annexation of Crimea in March 2014.
(13) One recipient responded: "Love it … who needs Handel to write their anthems.
(14) He was pictured standing silently with his hands clasped and holding his order of service as others around him sang God Save the Queen, and was later forced to confirm that he would sing the anthem at future events.
(15) Indeed, such parochialism would be downright frowned upon by today's World Cup mentality, considering that both the official anthem and slogan this time round is the typically Fifa-ishly nonsensical, and distinctly Benetton-esque, "We Are One".
(16) Ryan Nelsen appeared very emotional as his anthem was being played; Martin Skrtel looked like he was dreaming of guns.
(17) One participant blared Fuck tha Police , NWA’s anti-authority anthem, into the procession.
(18) A military band played the US and Malaysian national anthems twice and Obama inspected an elaborate honour guard in crisp green and white before the arrival ceremony came to a close.
(19) A security breach at Anthem, the US’s second largest health insurer, was revealed this month.
(20) Fifa and organisers have already said that they will ban the instrument if any are thrown onto the pitch or used as a weapon and urged fans not to blow them during national anthems.
Ode
Definition:
(n.) A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
Example Sentences:
(1) And here they are, giving a certain Irish ode the treatment it deserves.
(2) Here, we introduce a new method to find an ODE which models both the short time and the long time dynamics.
(3) In extensive metabolizers, the drug undergoes extensive first-pass metabolism to form the active metabolites O-desmethylencainide (ODE) and 3-methoxy-O-desmethylencainide (MODE).
(4) Despite the increase in ODE AUC, no significant effect on the surface electrocardiogram 2 hours after dose administration could be detected.
(5) The classically described signs of early ODE were almost always absent.
(6) However, since plasma concentrations of the active metabolite ODE were correspondingly lower, specific encainide dosing instructions for patients with hepatic impairment are not indicated.
(7) In the ODE cells, abundant labyrinthine canals appeared in the cytoplasm, and capillary vessels were found close to the outer surface of the ODE cells.
(8) McFadden, a pop star himself, is in the news this week after his new single "Just The Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)", released by Universal Music, was roundly read as a catchy ode to date rape.
(9) We haven't had so much as a team line-up on this broadcast to date, so I'm not holding out much hope of ODing on information about replacements.
(10) An ode to better days: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 12.30am BST Amy Poehler confirms that she and Tina Fey will discuss whether they want to host the Golden Globes tonight.
(11) Serial studies of fundus changes at frequent intervals, by routine ophthalmoscopy, steroscopic color photography, and fluorescein angiography, revealed that swelling of the optic disc was the first sign of ODE.
(12) Small differences are found among the variants in the pH range 7.5-8.2, where A and B show a "peak and trough," while A-, "Ijebu-Ode," and "Ita-Bale" exhibit a plateau.
(13) Plasma encainide, ODE and 3-methoxy-O-demethyl concentrations were similar to those observed in normal subjects who had received twice the dose of encainide, and steady-state apparent oral clearance of encainide was reduced by 66% with renal impairment.
(14) We have obtained complete A-type sequences coding for functional units Ode and Odf; consequently a total of three such unit sequences are now known from a single subunit of one molluscan hemocyanin.
(15) After the jet-black high school satire Heathers pulled the rug out from under John Hughes and his oversharing Brat Pack, in 1989, American adolescents were left with few offerings, most of them wistful odes to another age – either stylistically, as with the overblown, pirate-radio-themed Christian Slater vehicle Pump Up the Volume; or quite literally, in the case of Richard Linklater’s nostalgia-fuelled 70s pastiche, Dazed and Confused.
(16) Encainide (ENC) and its metabolites O-demethylencainide (ODE), 3-methoxy-O-demethylencainide (MODE), N-demethylencainide (NDE) and bis-N,O-demethylencainide (NODE) have been measured by two HPLC procedures.
(17) The second model is described by an ODE for which an explicit solution was obtained, and which yields the pancreatic responsivity parameters phi 1 and phi 2.
(18) The 8-h urinary metabolic profiles of encainide and its oxidized metabolites, O-desmethyl- (ODE), 3-methoxy-O-desmethyl- (MODE), N-desmethyl- (NDE) and N, O-didesmethyl- (DDE) encainide were studied in a group of 112 normal Caucasians.
(19) Encainide, ODE, or MODE was then infused in loading and maintenance doses to achieve QRS widening of 20% to 50%.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Banksy’s now Perspex-covered ode to fellow graffiti artist Tox on Jeffreys Street, London.