(n.) An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.
Example Sentences:
(1) 'B eing brave lets no one off the grave," wrote Philip Larkin in Aubade .
Serenade
Definition:
(n.) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.
(n.) A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times.
(v. t.) To entertain with a serenade.
(v. i.) To perform a serenade.
Example Sentences:
(1) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
(2) But there she sits with a strained smile as he serenades her before an audience of millions.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Obama’s thank-you notes 1) Red Hot Chili Peppers Carpool Karaoke Bare talent 2) Thank You Notes with President Obama Love, Potus 3) Irish fans serenade nun on train with ‘Our Father’ chant Lauding a sister 4) Disappointed guinea pig Pet lip 5) 10 Confusing Famous Movie Endings Finally explained All’s well that ends well 6) Pete’s Dragon - Official US Trailer Breathing new life into a classic 7) Brexit’s Farage Flotilla: The Movie Water carry on 8) Patience - 4k timelapse movie Beauty speeded up
(4) Bono then serenaded the archbishop with the U2 hit Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, backed by the gospel choir.
(5) It is possible his delicate skills could have been of more benefit to Arsenal with longer on the pitch, though listening to the Stoke fans serenading their side at the end with Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and "One nil to the rugby team", one could understand why Wenger exercised caution, even if the rugby motif is a joke the home supporters enjoy.
(6) Unfortunately for him, it was the home crowd serenading his appointment as Ferguson's successor.
(7) Outside the court, dozens of fans cheered, chanted slogans against Hicks and Gillett and serenaded the three board members with the a chorus of "You'll Never Walk Alone."
(8) Dinner guests were serenaded by opera singer Renee Fleming, a triple-Grammy award-winning soprano, who sang Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and the Puccini aria O Mio Babbino Caro.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest National Health Singers serenade striking junior doctors Meanwhile, fresh talks are due over the next two days in an effort to resolve a four-month dispute over a proposed new contract for England’s 45,000 junior doctors.
(10) I popped in for a nightcap but end up staying for two hours, serenaded by locals murdering everything from Japanese power ballads to cheesy Brazilian pop and Bohemian Rhapsody.
(11) Sir Mick Jagger showed a sign of rigor mortis by refusing to serenade the burghers of Davos, but struts and frets his years upon the world's stages to little cogent effect.
(12) As the legal teams filed in they were serenaded by the folk group Oystar whose song, I Fought the Lloyds, describes the singer's success in reclaiming charges from his bank.
(13) Swansea City end losing run after Ki Sung-yeung’s goal beats West Brom Read more Glenn Murray, who scored 44 goals for Palace across a four-year spell at the club and was serenaded by the away supporters throughout, was guilty of missing Bournemouth’s best chance.
(14) Cardinal Manning led the dockers' march in 1889 serenaded by the Salvation Army band.
(15) They had to be because Wayne Rooney was as prominently involved as anyone on a night when both sets of supporters could be heard serenading him.
(16) The world leaders invited to dine by Queen Margrethe supped on turkey and mushy peas, and were serenaded by the Danish Royal Life Guards bands playing George Harrison's Here Comes the Sun.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest National Health Singers serenade striking junior doctors They are opposed to Hunt’s plan to classify Saturday as part of a junior doctor’s normal working week, for which they are paid at only the basic rate.
(18) If the Los Angeles Kings win, de Blasio will serenade Kimmel’s audience with Randy Newman’s “I Love LA.” No matter which team captures the Stanley Cup, the real winners will be the members of Kimmel’s studio audience.
(19) 5.30pm GMT Tottenham's striker hunt ... Spurs continue to serenade Damiao but they have others irons in the fire too: word is they're nattering with Lyon about Lisandro Lopes.
(20) And if Obama looks a little confused at times with Fallon’s humour, it’s nothing compared with an unsuspecting nun who entered a train carriage full of Ireland Euro 2016 football fans who serenaded her with the Lord’s Prayer.