Recent Examples on the WebThe trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021 Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.—Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017 In writing about her cousin, Allen is also elegizing other black men victimized by poverty, drugs and unequal justice.—Julia M. Klein, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
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