Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Gloria Patri
Noun
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Cronenworth hit a grounder to the left side in last night’s eighth inning, crossed first base before the throw and raised his hands in a sort of hit hallelujah.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026 -
What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday?—
Jorie Nicole McDonald,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nazi parades set to electronic hype music; paeans to Third Reich governance.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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But that success also led to the sci-fi woodland antics of The Wild Robot; the Oscar-winning, postapocalyptic vision of feline collaboration in Flow; and the paean to basketball teamwork that was this year’s Goat.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the brave new world of college basketball, which has moved on swiftly without a requiem for the old Pac-12, Popeswapped one shade of orange for a different one after several Western schools were burned by the collapse of the formerly venerable basketball conference.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Laura settles in with the secondhand sheet music: Chopin’s Prelude in E Minor, the bare, brooding requiem that was played at the composer’s funeral.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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Though marking Jesus’ painful death, Good Friday ultimately points to Easter resurrection—transforming the day from lament to joy for believers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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The organ that colored all the earlier tales of youthful exuberance now plays a funeral dirge.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Gloria Patri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gloria%20Patri. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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