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Recent Examples of elegyKodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valeria Golino round out the cast of this visually and emotionally rich biopic styled as an operatic elegy.—Travis Bean, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 One doubts there will be elegies concentrating on the trade of Wilfredo Lara or that this will one day be labeled Black Tuesday or the 6:00 Slaughter.—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 31 July 2024 Working with longtime collaborators John Collins and Nicolas Bragg, the funk-rock elegies and New Romantic jaunts turn brittle and deliberate.—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for elegy
This is a weaker attempt to crossbreed the classic Universal monsters with contemporary anxieties: a post-pandemic lockdown lament about the impossibility of protecting children from fear.
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Much to the lament of American enthusiasts, Mercedes ceased production of the E 63 S wagon last year, which has helped to keep values high.
Ethel Cain: Perverts [Daughters of Cain] Ethel Cain found unlikely pop fandom with Preacher’s Daughter, her 2022 debut album, thanks to its emotional dirges and heavy lyrics.
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Jan. 2025
The hand drums, played here by Keith, make this one spooky dirge.
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