as in to grieve (for)
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Recent Examples of elegize
The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegize
mourn
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Henry Long, the father of the victim, released a statement mourning the death of his daughter and calling for Finch to stay in jail.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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Since the death of Pope Francis on April 21, a total of 220 cardinals -- the church's highest-ranking clergy -- have gathered in Rome to mourn the loss of the former pontiff and begin the secret conclave.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
7 May 2025
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“Elegize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegize. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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