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Recent Examples of dirge
Wylde seemed right at home recreating the droning opening dirge as the band slowed down into a stellar stoney groove throughout a standout moment Saturday night.
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
As Black Sabbath’s doomsayer-in-chief, Osbourne could summon a true sense of terror in his keening cries in a way that heightened the band’s muscular dirges.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
But today that moral arc is as twisted as a gnarled, rotten root, and God Bless America has been
replaced by the mournful dirge of Taps.
—Marci Alborghetti, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
The dummy cars were set on fire while a band played a funeral dirge.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2012
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
As Black Sabbath’s doomsayer-in-chief, Osbourne could summon a true sense of terror in his keening cries in a way that heightened the band’s muscular dirges.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
But today that moral arc is as twisted as a gnarled, rotten root, and God Bless America has been
replaced by the mournful dirge of Taps.
—Marci Alborghetti, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
The dummy cars were set on fire while a band played a funeral dirge.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirge
Noun
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But a loss is a loss, 1-5 is 1-5, and McDaniel’s lament is pure truth.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Harmony Holiday’s elegy/essay for D’Angelo is a stunning piece of writing.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Overall, the snippet sounds like an elegy for Bryan’s vision of America.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Duke of York retreated from public life in November 2019 after a car crash interview with the BBC about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, but attended the requiem mass at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Like many of the 27 tracks on her Grammy-winning album of the year, her Cowboy Carter and Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour is a requiem to Black artists who have helped shape country music and a reclamation of Americana for those who have been shut out.—
Megan Thomas,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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“Dirge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirge. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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