How to Use choir in a Sentence

choir

1 of 2 noun
  • That drew laughs from the choir and the two men then shared a hug.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Gospel singers were handpicked for the event, to join the choir.
    Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
  • What can’t be cut off is covered, like robes for the choir.
    Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
  • The routine was so good that Crews pressed his Golden Buzzer, yet again, for the choir.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Church put us in the choir and we always been heavily based in the church.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
  • What made that one — with all the heartfelt songs in your discography — the right one for a kids choir?
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Prince Harry is singing the praises of a college choir.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Is that a Mennonite children’s choir just over the hill?
    Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Jake has been a member of our program for the past four years and is the president of our choir.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Many of the victims were altar servers, choir singers or students.
    Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • My big plan was to become a show choir girl who had never heard of cleats or free throws.
    Sam Reece, SELF, 12 Oct. 2023
  • If the tune of elite travel in 2023 is luxe isolation, then Chris Morris is ready to add a unique voice to the choir.
    Alex Greggery, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
  • For the performance, Rihanna was backed by strings and a choir.
    Neil Shah, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Worship was enhanced by the choir from Woodland Heights.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As Sheppard recalled in her diary, the troupe left the hotel with the mob still in tow and walked to the railroad stop, where the choir began to sing a hymn.
    Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • She’s joined in the raunchy fun by Billy Porter’s character Ocean, who leads the school’s choir into song about the dreadful years ahead.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The West Point choir perform and serve dinner to the residents of the Alpha Project homeless shelter.
    Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Phyllis was the church’s choir director and his father was the drummer, according to The Guardian.
    Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Tiffany Guess also ran cross-country, sang with the choir and tried out for cheerleading.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • Fox then went downstairs to where the choir members were preparing for the show to inform them of the evening’s high-profile attendee.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Set against the gallery’s back wall, the piece lines up four eighteen-foot-long brass horns that reach nearly to the ceiling, as if ready for a celestial choir.
    Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Born and raised in Chicago, Adé’s musical journey began at a young age as a member of the choir.
    Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
  • Marina is a member of our State Finalist Jazz Choir and has been in choir all four years.
    Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2024
  • And then keys, a choir, and horns enter all at once, exploding into a chorus.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • This area, which can hold up to 1,000 singers, is normally reserved for the Basilica’s choir.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023
  • In the process, the group, augmented by a four-piece choir and five-piece horn section, hit on nearly every style to emerge in the last seven-plus decades.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The child of pastors who’d honed his skills singing in a church choir, Sech rose up the industry ranks quickly, winning over fans with the sweetness of his tenor.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Performing all in unison as a Who-like choir, the song is an unexpected delight to the ear.
    Vulture, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The choir, which is made up of more than 100 active choir members, meets weekly for rehearsals with an award-winning jazz soul band.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The work calls for multiple choirs, including a children’s choir, and a vast number of musicians.
    Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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choir

2 of 2 verb
  • The red-coated Philadelphia boys choir singing along to the storm.
    Ellen Dunkel, Philly.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Within sleep, all the hidden things choiring like starlings.
    Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2018
  • And while the real Kate (who is no stranger to choir performances!) won’t be in attendance, her lookalikes are doing her proud.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • From Snapchat filters to choir singalongs, the bigger the stunt, the better — with plenty of behind-the-scenes coordination to make sure the stunt goes off without a hitch.
    Allie Volpe, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Bastyr has truly remarkable acoustics -- how brass swells build and choir blends in that room is extraordinary -- and the Northwest Sinfonia’s players gave us great performances of some very challenging music.
    Brian Leak, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The red-coated Philadelphia boys choir singing along to the storm.
    Ellen Dunkel, Philly.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Within sleep, all the hidden things choiring like starlings.
    Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2018
  • And while the real Kate (who is no stranger to choir performances!) won’t be in attendance, her lookalikes are doing her proud.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • From Snapchat filters to choir singalongs, the bigger the stunt, the better — with plenty of behind-the-scenes coordination to make sure the stunt goes off without a hitch.
    Allie Volpe, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Bastyr has truly remarkable acoustics -- how brass swells build and choir blends in that room is extraordinary -- and the Northwest Sinfonia’s players gave us great performances of some very challenging music.
    Brian Leak, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2017

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