Example Sentences

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No carolling, no parties and even Germany's much loved glühwein stalls will close, as drinking outdoors is banned.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2020

The Rockettes notwithstanding, you’d be hard pressed to find a more authentically New York City holiday tradition than this annual boom-box carolling event, devised and led by the composer Phil Kline.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 15, 2019

George Booth’s carolling Santas from 2004 managed to find a moment of pure holiday cheer in the midst of the usual bustle.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 24, 2018

Which poet is carolling a “Song on May Morning”?

From The Guardian • May 21, 2012

“I have heard her carolling like a bird.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya