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Recent Examples of dirge
Women in black mourning weeds gathered and hummed dirges.
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
What follows is a haunting collection of dirges and hymns that fuses the high points of his career: the symphonic pomp of 2005's Illinois, the electronic maximalism of 2010's The Age of Adz, and the spartan folk of 2015's Carrie & Lowell, a work inspired by the death of his mother.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
The drums of failure beat a sharp, staccato dirge in Siran's mind.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
The former is both a dirge and a monument for the victims of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.
—The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
What follows is a haunting collection of dirges and hymns that fuses the high points of his career: the symphonic pomp of 2005's Illinois, the electronic maximalism of 2010's The Age of Adz, and the spartan folk of 2015's Carrie & Lowell, a work inspired by the death of his mother.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
The drums of failure beat a sharp, staccato dirge in Siran's mind.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
The former is both a dirge and a monument for the victims of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.
—The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirge
Noun
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For example, many in the MAHA movement lament how the United States permits scores of pesticides and consumer product additives that are banned in Europe.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Strickland’s lament racked up 159,000 likes and 13.2 million views.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Lachlan Murdoch delivered a brief elegy this morning for shuttered sports streaming joint venture Venu but said Fox is moving ahead with plans to launch a new direct-to-consumer service drawing on all its content and brands by the end of the calendar year.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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But the meeting will be more elegy than transformation.—
Jude Blanchette,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Oct. 2022
Noun
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Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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No dolphin will ever perform an autopsy, no dingo will read Heidegger, no macaque will write a requiem for piano and violin.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2024
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“Dirge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirge. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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