glee club
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of glee club
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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“Like, I really taught ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ to my junior high school girls’ glee club to get their attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
But in Power 5 leagues like the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, football is a billion-dollar business that looks more like the NFL than the glee club or other extracurricular activities on campus.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
I think of what I knew of the world at their age, with my good grades and my glee club practice, and I realize that I knew nothing.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2020
When Dr. Rogers and the glee club toured cities including Washington and Johannesburg, the reaction was sometimes aggressive.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
I heard the girls’ glee club I used to sing in, way off from the other side of camp, their tiny grade-school sopranos singing, “Beauti-ful dreamer, wake unto me.”
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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