chant
noun
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
half-chanted
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a word derived from
chant.
Example Sentences
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The boys learned this, and half-chanted, half-sang it over and over while they all kept time to the rhythm.
From John and Betty's History Visit by Margaret Williamson
I respectfully submit these poems as experiments in which I endeavor to carry this vaudeville form back towards the old Greek precedent of the half-chanted lyric.
From The Congo and Other Poems by Vachel Lindsay
The hymn being rehearsed, or rather half-chanted, in a little singing voice, Graham would take exceptions at the manner, and proceed to give a lesson in recitation.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
The red wings swayed on the willows and tilted on every stem that would bear their weight, singing their melodious half-chanted notes, "O-ka-lee!"
From The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter
Then there came back to Viola's mind the remembrance of Zanoni's night-long watches by that cradle, and the fear which even then had crept over her as she heard his murmured half-chanted words.
From Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
