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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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There is inward-looking anger in Thompson’s voice, halfway between rebuke and lament.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Salford Red Pete Martin sang the Flowers of Manchester lament.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Plus an elegy for Breonna Taylor, featuring cellist Jeffrey Zeigler.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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These books can be read as comedies of cognitive dissonance or as melancholy elegies for the very possibility of closure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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 8 Feb. 2026.
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