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Recent Examples of drinking song
This joyous drinking song begins with pep before slowing down and giving the musicians room to stretch out.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Ahead of his Fort Worth show, Myers spoke by phone with the Star-Telegram about his musical inspirations, growing up on a cattle ranch, and writing drinking songs at 17.
—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
Over the course of the show, the men’s bravado—on display in boisterous bar scenes, complete with drinking songs and a fistfight with British airmen—fades into shellshocked resignation as more of their friends fail to return from missions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drinking song
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Among the honorees was Dr. Hugh Roberts, a beloved teacher who taught critical thinking and who wrote the alma mater and fight song.—
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And Harrington, at Payton's behest, overlayed the college fight song of the scoring recipient on each play.—
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Some feel that the movie’s slide into sentiment in its final scenes, with a young German barmaid singing a folk song to an inn full of battle-scarred soldiers, doesn’t quite match the caustic nature of the rest of the story.—
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In between speeches, a woman sang folk songs while her family played guitar and melodica.—
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Seriosa music, Indonesia’s unique adaptation of the Western art song, profoundly shaped his artistic identity.—
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The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers.—
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Most recently, it's yielded almost power-ballad-style torch songs as another facet of the group's success.—
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Yet for longtime fans of her music, the film’s original soundtrack was the true payoff from the project, with plenty of heartfelt torch songs and eye-watering balladry across a track list that Gaga helmed with producers like Dave Cobb and Lukas Nelson, and artists like Mark Ronson and Jason Isbell.—
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Its bright ombré glaze, which is chip and stain resistant, adds a pop of color to any area.—
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Choose slightly oversized sunnies, a dainty sweater to drape over your shoulders, a larger-than-life handbag, and shoes that add a pop of color.—
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“Drinking song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinking%20song. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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