[
US
/ˈkɔɹəs/
]
[ UK /kˈɔːɹəs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːɹəs/ ]
NOUN
- a group of people assembled to sing together
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any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
a chorus of boos - a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
- the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- a body of dancers or singers who perform together
VERB
- sing in a choir
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utter in unison
`yes,' the children chorused
How To Use chorus In A Sentence
- Pärt has written many a cappella works for several voices or chorus, and this new one, apart from its concision, is typical.
- The Chorus mentions that Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus are very similar to each other, ‘twin throned, twin sceptered, in twofold power.’
- When both the chorus and the dancers are on the steps they cannot be told apart.
- The man was never as much of a sucker for a hook as Elton John was, but throughout 'The Soul Cages', Sting defiantly resists hummability as if a mere catchy pop chorus were too frivolous for such weighty content. The Soul Cages
- In the Virginia songs, on the other hand, the chorus is usually sung twice after each verse -- often the second time with some such interjaculatory expression as "I say now," "God say you must," as given in Slave Songs of the United States.
- The crisp dynamic shifts and organized flourishes whet your appetite for more of the same, especially during the radiant synth pinwheels of the chorus.
- The chorus of disapproval is as diverse as the new law is excluding. Times, Sunday Times
- She was not a good dancer, just a dancer, just a chorus girl.
- Supported by an angelic chorus and lush orchestration, Gibb extolled the virtues of "fingering foreign dirty holes," arguing that while love may be grand, he'd rather "let 'coupledom' die Spinner
- Opera is music, drama, literature, dance, theater and art as a comprehensive integration of art, usually by the Aria, Recitative, ensemble, chorus, Overture, Intermezzo , dances and other components.