serenade
noun
a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
are serenading
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present progressiveof serenade.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Or maybe it’s March 2016, and Miranda and Christopher Jackson are serenading Obama, nearing the end of his second term, with “One Last Time.”
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2018
Dinner's over, and the "Jersey Boys" are serenading guests at Tuesday's state dinner for Japan's prime minister at the White House.
From US News ● Apr. 28, 2015
Inside, musicians are serenading an Irish philosopher as he lies dying in bed among linens that depict cartoon rocket ships zooming over planets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Uncle Remus and I are serenading our souls and the exercise is good for us.
From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Francis B. Pearson
Listen to the children, they are serenading us, Major.
From Molly Brown's Senior Days by Charles L. (Charles Lewis) Wrenn
