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Example sentences for "serenading"

Lexicographically close words:
sere; serenade; serenaded; serenaders; serenades; serenata; serene; serenely; serener; serenest
  1. Home Again" is a song ever joyous to the soldier, and I remember a little incident in relation to that song and a serenading party of "young and festive cusses" belonging to Uncle Sam's service.

  2. When it had been rehearsed properly, it was decided to send a special New Year's greeting to the Vermont's wardroom, because the officers of that ship had made a Christmas serenading call on all the ships on Christmas night in Trinidad.

  3. Sometimes the dubious tones of a guitar and the notes of an amorous voice, tell perchance the whereabout of some moonstruck lover serenading his lady’s window.

  4. I’ll warrant these cavaliers have their loves among the Spanish beauties of Cordova and Seville, and will soon be serenading under their balconies, and thinking no more of the Moorish beauties in the Alhambra.

  5. Here sparkling eyes looked forth from some twilight lattice what time from the street below arose the soft notes of a serenading guitar.

  6. As to the sparkling eyes and the serenading lover and the balconies, these are not gone; they are imperishable in Mexico.

  7. One night at Spalato our serenading party was welcomed with a storm of heavy stones, which made us skip like kids, but could not drive us from our post.

  8. The daughters were reigning belles in those days, and the old custom of serenading was much in vogue.

  9. The footfalls of late homecomers were heard a long way off; the voices of singers--a serenading party out baying at the night--was heard as the breeze carried the music upon its sluggish ebb and flow.

  10. For her he learned a whole concert of Schubert's songs upon the mandolin and organized a serenading quartette that wore the grass smooth under her window.

  11. He apologized for asking his son to join the serenading party, and begged leave to resign his stool in the office lest he might offend again.

  12. And serenading came into the thoughts of Donald and four others, and they lifted their violins and went together to the Provost's house.

  13. Federal and Confederate troops serenading each other on the Rappahannock.

  14. About a week after this conversation, Cavender inquired of his friend, who was visiting him at his office, if he had again been out solus on a serenading excursion.

  15. But we have been talking long enough under these trees," continued Cavender; "let us walk up Chestnut street together, and tell me what befell yourself while serenading according to the fashion of Old Castile.

  16. I then began the beautiful serenading song of 'Lilla, come down to me,' with no other motive than that of hearing myself sing it.

  17. She then closed the window, and we bowed and moved off; resolved that for the future we would take care to avoid the awkward contre-tems of serenading a lady when she is in the act of having a party.

  18. To tell you the truth," replied Merrill, "I never had much fancy for these regular serenading parties.

  19. I only understood that serenading was the custom of the country.

  20. And while they regarded the offence of serenading in jest as a very venial one, they regarded his fortnight's suspension as a purely formal punishment.

  21. A Mormonism of serenading young men is not illegal.

  22. It is a reasonable supposition that if serenading was his object, and it certainly was, he might be supposed not to see you standing here.

  23. This last was not a very dignified occupation; but it is important to remember that serenading in Vienna was not the lover's business of Italy and Spain, where the singer is accompanied by guitar or mandoline.

  24. Whilst Galliard and Sir Harry are serenading the ladies, Octavio, Julio and their bravos attack them.

  25. Fill'd with hopes of Success, at night I made her a Visit, and under her Window had a skirmish with some Rival, who was then serenading her.

  26. The seniors had arrived and were serenading the Major and his family.

  27. Listen to the children, they are serenading us, Major.

  28. THE "WAITS" linger yet among us, but their operations are confined to an early serenading of the citizens with soft music a few mornings in the Christmas time.

  29. The band has been serenading Colonel Jewett.

  30. I was awakened long before daylight by the band serenading the birth of the New Year.

  31. The bands are serenading him to-night, his headquarters being just about a hundred yards in rear of my hut.

  32. Almost every night for a week serenading went on.

  33. He had not forgotten the serenading party of the previous year and asked anxiously for Phyllis and her orchestra.

  34. I'll warrant these cavaliers have their loves among the Spanish beauties of Cordova and Seville, and will soon be serenading under their balconies, and thinking no more of the Moorish beauties in the Alhambra.

  35. Sometimes the dubious tones of a guitar and the notes of an amorous voice, tell perchance the whereabout of some moonstruck lover serenading his lady's window.

  36. Illustration: The Village Musician serenading a Young Couple about to be married.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "serenading" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.