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Recent Examples of dirge
At first a dirge, then the tempo rises, and the hymnal swells.
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Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Further down the lineup, Friday has Bieber collaborator and indie fave Dijon alongside the melodic dirges of Ethel Cain.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
The Season 3 finale of the sci-fi series delivers on that promise, unfolding with the solemn rhythm of a funeral dirge.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s nothing shiny and new to get excited about and so the apathy and dirge hasn’t been replaced.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Further down the lineup, Friday has Bieber collaborator and indie fave Dijon alongside the melodic dirges of Ethel Cain.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
The Season 3 finale of the sci-fi series delivers on that promise, unfolding with the solemn rhythm of a funeral dirge.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s nothing shiny and new to get excited about and so the apathy and dirge hasn’t been replaced.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirge
Noun
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For Mair, the lament is that the very public controversy playing out on that Olympic stage will force changes at the top level of the sport that will trickle down to the grassroots.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Her self-reflections have always landed better than love laments though, and there’s plenty of these on the new one.—
Lina Lecaro,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In Berceuse Parish, there are so many elegies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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The show, a sort of elegy for Gen X, opens with a flash-forward to July 16, 1999, the final hours of Carolyn and John.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There, he was honored with salutes and a requiem.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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Finally, 110 words into his statement, Trump closed with a proper requiem for the deceased.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Dirge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirge. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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