What is "caroling"

Usage examples of "caroling".

Her eyes were still full of righteous fury, but she did look at the boy, her chin quivering as she kissed and hugged him and looked beneath his shirt to see if he was hurt, murmuring small endearments the while, all of which Leely ignored in favor of churning his arms and legs and caroling "Dananana.

She did not come, but Leely did, quite alone, face glowing with an almost supernatural light, skipping into sight at the base of one of the pillars, waving his hands, caroling, "Dananana.

Lutha held Leely close, he waving his hands, kicking his feet, caroling the way he did when he was contented.

Several of the Leelies came running across the sand to stand pulling at Lutha's trousers, caroling, "Dananana," over and over, then running back to the others to make a bird twitter of tiny voices, among which we heard, "Lutha Lutha mother love.

From the bandit's caroling joy and the way sunlight winked, the armlet was made of gold.

Sharina smiled also, though she was glad the king hadn't burst into caroling laughter that would've drawn the attention their appearance did not.

With the caroling of choirs in temple belfries, the trill of birdsong in gardens, the cry of vendors of oysters and shoes and sharpening echoing from the walls, the wicker of horses and laughter of children at games, the empire could be seen as a glorious and happy placeproviding the visitor could ignore memories of marching armies, oppressive taxes, wasteful practices, and the blind and stupid disregard and neglect of any non-Netherese "undermen.

Merrill said, smiling faintly-clearly glad that the Congregationalists preferred caroling to pageants, and clearly relieved that Owen Meany had moved no farther down the Protestant rungs than the Episcopalians.

There on a day as he pursew'd the chace,He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes,Playing on pypes, and caroling apace,The whyles their beasts there in the budded broomesBeside them fed, and nipt the tender bloomes:For other worldly wealth they cared nought.

And soothly sure she was full fayre of face,And perfectly well shapt in euery lim,Which she did more augment with modest grace,And comely carriage of her count'nance trim,That all the rest like lesser lamps did dim:Who her admiring as some heauenly wight,Did for their soueraine goddesse her esteeme,And caroling her name both day and night,The fayrest Pastorella her by name did hight.

As the dogs trotted to a halt, they rounded the corner of the building, and Yana saw a snocle similar to Bunny's sitting before half a dozen small houses, each with a howling red fox-hound on top of it, caroling a greeting to the newcomers.

Then, to the caroling of birds that greeted the rising sun, she reached across and firmly closed his hand with her fingers.

The resinous smell of the tall evergreens was a heady perfume, and birds swooped and spiraled among the tall, columnlike trunks, caroling to greet the sun.