(n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
(n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
(n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
(n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
(n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
(n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
(v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
(2) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
(3) She says that, while she stayed away from the more difficult ramifications of that upbringing, she nevertheless plunged right into the "hot quicksand" of the Arab-Israeli conflict, right down into the Biblical roots of Jewish-Muslim conflict in the story of Abraham, Hagar, Isaac and Ishmael (which she meditates upon in the opera's Hagar chorus), and into the vortex of questions about Israel's right to exist and what motivates terrorists.
(4) It ends with a tune featuring the chorus: "My body's nobody's body but mine.
(5) "I'm Ms Dy-na-mi-TEE-ee," she sang on the chorus, putting an emphasis on the penultimate syllable.
(6) Rafa Benítez, Rafa Benítez,” fans chorused, with the volume being raised appreciably once Gini Wijnaldum gave them lead.
(7) For every “coterie” of Audens, Spenders and Isherwoods, there is a chorus of George Orwells, Roy Campbells and Dylan Thomases, spitting vitriol.
(8) "Little by little the vast orchestra of life, the chorus of the natural world, is in the process of being quietened.
(9) Starting small, with oddly tweaked vocal samples and ominous-sounding piano, the first half is brilliantly brooding, to the point where the first chorus of “I love these streets but they weren’t meant for me to walk” arrives at the 45-second mark just as all the music drops away completely.
(10) I for one can't wait for the traditional Transfer Deadline Day dinner later this afternoon, followed by wine and cheese and a rousing chorus of several of the traditional Transfer Deadline Day songs.
(11) The company has lurched from one crisis to the next over the past two years, including industrial action this spring by the chorus, with a strike only narrowly averted .
(12) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World chorus Who Is He (And What Is He To You?)
(13) Even by the standards of Chi magazine – which has in the past published paparazzi shots of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless – the tone has appalled Italians and prompted a chorus of condemnation.
(14) The aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières has added its voice to the chorus of concern by announcing that it had halted work in the coastal city of Misrata because staff were being asked to patch up detainees during torture sessions.
(15) Satellite of Love "Lou's rich vocals coupled with Bowies ethereal chorus.
(16) He oversees Radio 3 , the Proms, five BBC orchestras, the BBC Singers and the choruses attached to two of the orchestras.
(17) The track has been referenced a huge amount in the past few months on social media, whether through verse that apes the “Hey now, you’re an all star” structure of the chorus or by remixing the track itself in ridiculous ways.
(18) 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."
(19) Donald Trump on Sunday stood by incendiary remarks in which he mocked Senator John McCain over his capture during the Vietnam war, refusing to bow to a chorus of criticism from Republicans and insisting he has no plans to pull out of the party’s presidential nomination contest.
(20) Bob gave a really touching speech before we started singing, so that really got everybody in the mind frame that we needed to be in to remind us that it’s fun but we’re here for a really serious reason.” Sandé added that the participants “sounded like a really powerful choir” when they sang the chorus.
Hook
Definition:
(n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
(n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
(n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
(n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
(n.) A snare; a trap.
(n.) A field sown two years in succession.
(n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
(v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.
(v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
(v. t.) To steal.
(v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.
Example Sentences:
(1) Natural tubulin polymerization leads to the formation of hooks on microtubular structures.
(2) Off The Hook has facilities of up to £30,000 from the bank, a signatory to the Project Merlin agreement.
(3) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
(4) Attention is given to the poor design of a disposable cellulose sponge that results in frequent hooking of sutures during microsurgical procedures.
(5) I had told Chris that I would need an electric hook-up and told him about my predicament.
(6) Clinton met with Jane Dougherty, sister of Mary Sherlach, who was slain at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012; Tom Sullivan and Matthew Jenks, the father and brother-in-law, respectively, of Alex Sullivan, who was killed in the 2012 movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colorado; and Coni Sanders, daughter of Dave Sanders, killed in the 1999 Columbine High School shootings in Colorado.
(7) It’s the young Brazilian’s last heavy touch of the evening: he’s hooked for Sterling.
(8) But whenever Garcia throws a left hook Matthysse really looks like he has no idea it's coming.
(9) Within the enamel department, workers who handled conveyer hooks used to suspend range tops as they passed through the oven were at greatest risk (rate ratio (RR) = 12.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.90-53.35).
(10) As committee member Tom Watson observed once the protester was arrested and normal service was resumed: "Mr Murdoch, your wife has a very good left hook."
(11) Rhinonastes n. gen. is proposed for species possessing a dextroventral genital pore, a bilobed testis, a ventral C-shaped ovary lying between the 2 testicular lobes, and a disc-shaped haptor armed with a ventral anchor-bar complex and 14 hooks.
(12) 3.48pm GMT Security Once your phone is hooked up to the company email via the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) secure network that BlackBerry supplies to businesses, you can use the BlackBerry Balance feature, which separates personal and work functions.
(13) Last year, at the suggestion of Selfridges, Hook installed and supplied a raw milk vending machine at the flagship store on Oxford Street – a novel way to sell direct to customers, as the law requires.
(14) Once established, an excision of the hook is usually necessary to resolve the discomfort.
(15) This species can easily be separated from other Trichocephaloidis by the structure of bifid rostellum and the length of Hooks (70-77 mu).
(16) Hook protein and flagellin, which occupy virtually identical helical lattices, did not resemble each other strongly but showed some limited similarities near their termini.
(17) She thought it was going out but it landed in - she hooked it back and Sharapova netted an easy forehand!
(18) In a joint report , seven anti-tobacco organisations said PMI is trying to recruit a new generation of youngsters, many of whom risk becoming hooked on tobacco for life.
(19) In these mutants, hooks and filaments are occasionally assembled onto these incomplete basal bodies.
(20) Canelo throws a huge right hook, but it only connects with the ropes as Mayweather dances away.