chanted
past simple and past participle ofchant
chant
verb[IorT]
uk/tʃɑːnt/us/tʃænt/torepeatorsinga word or phrasecontinuously:
Thecrowdwere chanting the team'sname.
Demonstrators chanted anti-governmentslogansin thesquare.
tosingareligiousprayerorsongto asimpletune:
We couldhearthemonkschanting.
Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- banger
- barbershop
- croon
- crooner
- dirge
- ditty
- diva
- doxology
- intonation
- raise the roofidiom
- rapping
- screamer
- septet
- serenade
- treble
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Saying again
Meditation, religious chanting & spiritual states
Examplesofchanted
chanted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Instead, the chapter normallychantedthe liturgy from the raised presbytery.
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Again, the repetitions and, in particular, the stuttered choruschantedby the backing vocalists, are what lend the song its rhythmic power.
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Metrical verse in most cultures was, and still is,chantedor sung verse.
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The chapter thenchanteda vigil of one nocturn, after which each member received supper and distributions of currency from their hosts.
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Visitors to the capital could hear the latest news in this form, both performed by professional minstrels andchantedin cruder rhymes alike.
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This "illegality", which ischantedlike a refrain, is the least important bit of the problem.
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The mantra of "influence, influence, influence",chantedby many people who should know better, has no basis in fact.
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We return to the same old mantrachantedby politicians.
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We have a universal chorus beingchantedall the time.
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As if to make up for those failings, what remains of the text ischantedwith ever-increasing fervour—one might almost say desperation.
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Both sideschantedthe mantras "free collective bargaining"and"no legally binding agreements".
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It is only with difficulty that we can still hear from the sandbank on which they are embedded the faint sound of theirchantedslogans.
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They have a simple mantra, and we shall probably hear itchantedat us again today.
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They should stop repeating bogus statistics about the number of people treated, like some demented mantra, believing that, ifchantedlong enough, it will ward off evil reality.
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Both werechantedon special occasions and on battlefields.
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