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Recent Examples of dirge
Returnal Returnal was one of the first exclusives of the PS5 generation; a fabulously grotesque sci-fi horror dirge, and still worth your attention today.
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Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The most powerful moments of this dirge-like film immediately follow the execution.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
When the relatives begin to arrive, crawling in on their knees, droning a dirge about death, Shula promptly departs for a hotel, pink suitcase in tow.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
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Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The most powerful moments of this dirge-like film immediately follow the execution.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
When the relatives begin to arrive, crawling in on their knees, droning a dirge about death, Shula promptly departs for a hotel, pink suitcase in tow.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirge
Noun
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This is a lament for something that is out of reach, almost strange to the narrator.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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Instead, Nick takes a seat next to Joseph and laments not listening to June, who told him so long ago to quit all this.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Vo’s ongoing examination of empire and identity unfolds here as both monument and elegy.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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What if Durham’s vision for the sequel could be turned inside out, undergoing a transformation like The Greatest from retrospective to comeback, elegy to unfinished story.—
Melina Moe
May 19,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2025
Noun
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More than a century later, jazz pianist and composer Bobby West gives her what she was denied: a requiem.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
19 June 2025
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The album thematically focuses on the idea of the afterlife in both a literal and figurative sense, with a touch of Carlile's anecdotal songwriting and requiems for artists' past.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Dirge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirge. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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