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  • noun Plural form of choir.

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Examples

  • Snowdon (who is also a musician, having sung in choirs all his life) was intrigued by the idea, and so together he and Teie set out to see if they could create a kind of music that would elicit emotional responses in monkeys, just as human music does in us.

    Play me that monkey music ewillett 2009

  • I have been in choirs with people who, when the conductor looked right at their section and said "Don't talk when I'm talking" or "That's an A natural in bar seventeen" or "You need to have this by memory by Friday" or "The blend needs to be better," were convinced the instruction or admonition applied to everybody else.

    kateelliott: Agents, Publishers, Rejection, Aspiring Writers kateelliott 2009

  • Then, on to High Anglican, which was also fantastic because it was full of old people who were in choirs as children.

    Star Search Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • And then we got down farther and the choirs from the angels above began to sing the most harmoniously, heavenly song.

    Kampuchea Adventure | Aug. 29-31st Will 2008

  • They sing in choirs, church and other, and play in marching bands.

    Car faces ewillett 2008

  • And then we got down farther and the choirs from the angels above began to sing the most harmoniously, heavenly song.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Will 2008

  • I've been singing in choirs for the last 13 years, and have had the privilege of both working with great artists and singing for thoughtful audiences.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Celeste Winant 2007

  • I've been singing in choirs for the last 13 years, and have had the privilege of both working with great artists and singing for thoughtful audiences.

    New choral blog Celeste Winant 2007

  • I remember those choral festivals (I was in choirs all through school).

    Flashes of Brilliance 2007

  • Virgin choirs "make delicious moan/Upon the midnight hours" (30-31).

    Gothic Visions, Romantic Acoustics 2005

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